Anduril
Senior Systems Engineer, Payload Module Lead
$167K–$222K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 30, 2026
- Experience
- 9 or more years with a bachelor's degree, 7 or more years with a master's degree, or 5 or more years with a PhD; equivalent engineering experience may substitute for education.
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution; equivalent engineering experience may substitute for education.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Person status (citizenship or lawful permanent residency) required for ITAR and export controlled work.
About the job
Leads the design, integration, verification, and validation of a weapon or payload module for the Thunder autonomous aircraft, from requirements through testing, fielding, and sustainment.
What you'll do
- Lead or technically direct a multidisciplinary team of 6 to 8 engineers and manage day-to-day agile execution.
- Develop module requirements, system designs, plans, specifications, and interfaces; lead integration and safety analysis.
- Support lab, ground, and flight testing, customer and supplier coordination, and ongoing fielded-system operations.
What they ask for
- Software programming or embedded systems experience, such as C++, MATLAB, Python, or PERL scripting.
- Experience integrating weapons, payloads, or avionics onto aircraft; with weapon or tactical datalinks; and with air-to-air weapons, MIL STD 1553, and logical Interface Control Documents.
- Experience leading or technically directing a small multidisciplinary engineering team and designing or validating safety-critical state machines and interlock logic.
- U.S. Person status and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance; ability to travel up to 25 percent.
Nice to have
- Hands-on integration of weapon systems, Air Launched Effects, or laser target designation systems; or experience with weapon-store structural design and safe-separation testing.
- Familiarity with SMS, 1553/1760 test tooling, NX/Teamcenter or Solidworks, CAD, manufacturing methods, or MBSE tools.
Pay
$167,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++, MATLAB, Python, PERL, MIL STD 1553, 1760, SysML, Cameo
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