Anduril
Staff Systems Engineer, Air Vehicle Software
$191K–$253K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 7, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years engineering experience across the life cycle for a UAS, with specific focus on aircraft systems.
- Education
- B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science, or similar engineering or technical field.
About the job
Develops systems engineering requirements, models, architecture, and risk management for a Group 5 autonomous aircraft, supporting software development, testing, and airworthiness certification.
What you'll do
- Translate customer needs into air vehicle and subsystem software requirements with multidisciplinary teams.
- Develop system models and engineering artifacts that trace stakeholder inputs through design and support architecture and airworthiness certification.
- Manage program risks with the Chief Engineer and Program Management.
What they ask for
- B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science, or a similar engineering or technical field.
- 12+ years of engineering experience across the life cycle for a UAS, focused on aircraft systems.
- Experience with listed aircraft standards and handbooks, subsystem software requirements and interfaces, contingency management software architecture, mature aircraft development, operational testing, and airworthiness certification.
- Experience with SysML, DoDAF, UAFP, or similar; model-based systems engineering artifacts; strong communication skills; active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with Cameo MagicDraw or similar systems engineering software.
- Experience with Digital Engineering workflows and Integrated Modeling Environments such as Teamwork Cloud; must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Pay
$191,000 — $253,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MIL-HDBK-516C, MIL-STD-882E, ARP-4761, ARP-4754A, DO-178C, DO-254, MIL-STD-881, SysML
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