Systems Engineer, Strategic Defense

Anduril Industries · Huntsville, Alabama · $126,000 - $167,000 USD · Posted 2026-09-29

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Strategic Defense protects the United States and its allies from ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats. Those threats now arrive in seconds, maneuver mid-flight, and come in volleys designed to overwhelm the legacy systems meant to stop them — so we're building a software-defined command and control layer that can see, decide, and act faster than any human operator could alone. Our team spans autonomy, tracking, simulation and wargaming, hardware, systems engineering, and test and evaluation to build an accredited fire control system fielded rapidly and at scale.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking to hire a Systems Engineer to join our rapid growing team in Irvine, CA or Huntsville, AL. Each deployment often comes with a unique combination of hardware and software products in various configurations, targeting different mission sets, and optimized for different customer expectations. We need systems engineers who are capable of internalizing the nuances of each deployment and owning the technical success of the end-to-end solution we ship.

This role will focus on the Guam Defense System Battle Manager product. Experience with mid and upper tier Air Defense Command and Control programs is a plus. You will be helping to create a new strategic business line within Air Defense and will work closely with the other strategic Command and Control programs within Anduril.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Lead the capture of requirements and capabilities for system integrations
Lead the integration of emerging capabilities, bringing new products into the family of systems. This may include scoping and executing on a combination of hardware and software solutions, both internal and external to the company.
Lead requirements decomposition across cross-functional teams, defining success in the face of ambiguity.
Responsible for scoping ideal system laydown, scrutinizing system performance, and ensuring the deployed system is meeting customer requirements. Also responsible for making tradeoffs across capability, timelines, risk, cost, and other factors to deliver an outcome.
Own systems end to end with the ability to identify and solve problems between the seams and push through to reach an ultimate outcome.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

4-6 years of hardware and software systems engineering experience.
Degree in Engineering, Physics, Robotics, Mathematics, or a related field.
Demonstrated use of model based systems engineering across program lifecycle.
Experience with tools such as: JAMA, Cameo, Matlab, Simulink, AFSIM.
Experience with programming languages such as Python, C/C++, or Rust for analysis and simulation.
Skilled in Statistics, AI/ML, MBSE, requirements construction, management and traceability, test and evaluation, and verification and validation.
Demonstrated proficiency in the application of engineering standards into engineering processes or requirements.
Demonstrated experience collaborating across cross-functional teams.
Comfortable working with ambiguity, evolving priorities, and challenging problems.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Up to 75% travel to customer sites.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Familiarity with Tactical Data Links (TDL), Link 16, including design, integration, and test.
Familiarity with Linux OS. Comfortable obtaining data from software platforms using command-line tools.
Previous experience in a defense, naval, or aerospace environment.
Experience with any of the following: robotics, autonomous systems, radar, optics, computer vision, wireless communication, software defined radios, networking.
Exceptional proficiency with Python and/or MATLAB for data parsing and data visualization.
Experience working with mid and upper tier Air Defense systems in the Army, Navy, Air Force or the Missile Defense Agency.

US Salary Range

$126,000—$167,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance.