Anduril
Tactical Networking Engineer
$112K–$149K
Irvine, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
About the job
Designs and deploys networking solutions and infrastructure that support command and control and collaborative autonomy for distributed unmanned systems.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, deploy, and troubleshoot networking across OSI Layers 1–4; evaluate communications options and design network configurations for mission scenarios.
- Build tools to benchmark and analyze network traffic, and improve edge-network reliability and throughput.
- Work with software engineers on modeling and simulation, including hardware-in-the-loop lab infrastructure.
What they ask for
- Expertise in tactical LOS and BLOS RF systems, especially maritime ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communications; SatCom; VHF/UHF; LPI/LPD and anti-jamming; MIMO; and antenna theory.
- Experience with ad-hoc mesh networking, secure communication protocols (IPSec/MACSec), SDN/SD-WAN, Internet protocols, and routing protocols.
- Willingness to travel up to 25% for test field events.
- Eligible to obtain and hold a DoD security clearance.
Nice to have
- Active clearance status.
- Experience with DDS, ROS, or MQTT; network modeling and simulation tools; electronic warfare; or unmanned aerial or surface systems.
Pay
$112,000 — $149,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
IPSec, MACSec, Software-Defined Networking, SD-WANs, TCP/IP, DNS, DDS, ROS
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