Chief Engineer, Space Anduril

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 looking for a Chief Engineer to join our rapidly growing space team in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will serve as the technical lead on a wide berth of emerging developments geared towards high-impact spacecraft missions focused on dynamic space operations, space control, and Rendezvous & Proximity Operations (RPO). Drawing on a strong technical background in space vehicle design, payload design and payload integration, you will drive technology developments through design, build, test, and delivery for on-orbit operations.

Anduril is developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our U.S. military and allied partners maintain a decisive advantage in this contested war-fighting domain.

The Chief Engineer will develop a technical strategy and roadmap in conjunction with the Director of Engineering for Space Missions and the Growth/Strategy leads of the Space team that effectively leverages current Anduril technologies and newly developed technologies to serve customer mission areas. This role will address pre-award demonstrations, early contract phases, and full-contract execution. Working with a multi-disciplinary engineering team, the Chief Engineer will ensure the efficient development and delivery of hardware and software solutions for the customer.

These efforts will include leading complex, integrated systems for on-orbit operations and demonstrations to include subcontracted teammates and strategic partnerships. The Chief Engineer will facilitate effective technical development and integration that spans company boundaries in an agile development approach within a continuous integration/continuous deployment paradigm. They will balance the development of new capabilities with the incorporation of pre-existing Anduril or industry capabilities and effectively communicate technical progress to internal and external stakeholders.

The Chief Engineer will be responsible for technical oversight of all aspects of program execution from proposals to SRR, PDR, CDR, MRR, TRR, assembly, qualification testing, and delivery of flight units for launch. In conjunction with the Director of Engineering for Space Missions, they will assist in building out the necessary infrastructure to execute on all aspects of satellite and mission payload build, integration, and test—including establishing test requirements and pass/fail criteria with external vendors.

The Chief Engineer will also work closely with the Anduril Space C2 team to enable and deliver Space Ground C2 products to both the customer and broader customer ecosystems. A successful Chief Engineer in the Space business line is one that is technically broad and can serve as an effective technical oversight for all disciplines across all phases of a program lifecycle, including: mechanical, thermal, structural, electrical, orbital software, ground software, FPGA, firmware, GNC, survivability, EMI/EMC, reliability, manufacturing (integration and test), and on-orbit operations.

• Provide technical leadership and system-level expertise across spacecraft bus subsystems, specialized payload suites, and ground segments.
• Serve as the technical authority on the program and maintain the technical integrity of the program. Monitor, control, and execute the engineering baseline of the program, and act…