Staff Systems Engineer, EW
Anduril · Costa Mesa, United States · 7d ago
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.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to join our Electronic Warfare (EW) team supporting various Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Electronic Attack (EA) / Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) Systems. This is an exciting role which provides an opportunity to work across the full product life cycle, from concept to deployment.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 15+ years of hands on systems engineering leadership experience
- Experience with system design, development and test of ESM and EA / ECM in one or more of the following ground-based or aerial EW domains:
- Counter-Radar
- Counter-UAS
- Counter-Comms (Wireless protocols: Bluetooth, 3G/4G/5G, Wi-Fi, etc)
- Counter-PNT
- Counter-RCIED
- Experience with embedded devices and Software Defined Radios (SDRs).
- Experience with system requirements creation, requirement traceability, and requirement verification and validation.
- Experience coordinating across disciplines to ensure system requirements and design are properly and thoroughly defined, implemented, and validated.
- Experience leading program teams through systems engineering reviews and owning related CDRLs including System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), and Critical Design Review (CDR).
- Excellent technical writing skill with experience in writing white papers, proposals, trade studies, test plans, test procedures, and test reports.
- Skilled at explaining complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Excellent at balancing multiple projects at any given time.
- Enthusiastic about both working with a team and executing work individually.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret/Top Secret security clearance.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in SIL (System in Lab) design, setup and automation.
- Familiarity with RF systems and RF test equipment including multimeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and vector network analyzers.
- Experience with system level RF cascade analysis, co-site analysis, and mission modeling.
- Experience with mission modeling tools like AFSIM and STK.
- Flight Test experience and flight test data analysis.
- Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including the use of modelling tools (e.g. Cameo)
- Experience in integrating Firmware and Software builds on prototype and production grade hardware.
BENEFITS
- Platinum Benefits: We offer top tier platinum coverage (medical, dental, vision, life) and cover 100 percent of the premiums for you.
- 16 Weeks paid parental leave for all caregivers.
- Family planning: We’re proud to offer comprehensive family planning support. Fertility planning and treatment, adoption support, gestational carrier support and fertility preservation are all included.
- Unlimited Provisions: From breakfast to dinner, our kitchen team has you covered with healthy meals and snacks at every office.
- Commuter benefits depending on region.
- Relocation assistance.
- Unlimited and Incentivized Time Off.
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:
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