Anduril
Systems Engineer, Air Defense
$146K–$194K
Irvine, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 4+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline is preferred; no equivalent experience stated.
About the job
Owns technical delivery of an air defense program, translating user needs and program goals into product and engineering outcomes from planning through operational deployment.
What you'll do
- Engage with clients and stakeholders, communicate system performance and roadmap updates, and relay feedback to engineering.
- Drive technical execution, requirements and project planning, cross-team collaboration, and delivery to operational environments.
- Support technical proposals and growth opportunities, aligning scope and resources with strategic goals.
What they ask for
- 4+ years as a systems engineer in an autonomous systems, robotics, or software development environment.
- Client-facing technical program management and/or systems engineering experience; experience authoring interface specs (ICDs) and owning or defending formal requirements/design reviews.
- Experience leading technical peers to field hardware or software products; experience in rapidly iterating test environments integrated with software teams.
- Must be able to obtain a minimum Secret Clearance and travel up to 25% of the time.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with robotics, sensor integrations, or computer vision systems and their architecture.
- Experience building software and testing programs from the ground up; experience with JIRA and Confluence.
Pay
$146,000 — $194,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
JIRA, Confluence
AI focus
Works on autonomous air defense systems that use networked sensors and effectors to detect and counter UAS threats; AI work is not specifically assigned to this role.
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