Systems Engineering Manager, Mission Autonomy

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 working on cutting-edge autonomous airpower systems that need to operate in the most demanding environments. To support our development and deployment tasks, we are building a Systems Engineering team to guide Digital Engineering strategy and complement our Mission Software Engineering, Product Engineering, and Business Development teams. This team will provide Model Based Systems Engineering and Requirements Based Testing artifacts which will be used in support of product development, delivery, and sustainment of advanced mission autonomy systems.

• Mange the Anduril Group 5 Mission Autonomy Systems Engineering homeroom
• Own Group 5 Mission Autonomy business outcomes
• Advocate for systems engineering rigor in a high-paced software engineering environment
• Collaborate with other systems engineering and software engineering leads
• Develop systems engineering frameworks and processes that streamline artifact delivery across multiple programs
• Build a team with deep understanding of Anduril platforms, autonomy, simulation, and perception products through the creation and maintenance of systems engineering artifacts

• B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
• 10+ years Systems Engineering Experience across the life cycle.
• Demonstrated ability developing autonomy solutions for commercial or defense applications
• Demonstrated ability integrating and testing autonomy solutions as part of higher level vehicle behavior
• Demonstrated ability with requirements-based testing frameworks
• Experience managing multiple teams up to 15 engineers
• Experience designing systems using MBSE methods in SysML
• Outstanding communication skills to include presentation of developed artifacts
• Experience with software development and associated tools/infrastructure (Github, CI/CD pipelines, etc)
• Experience advocating for systems engineering practices in adverse or indifferent internal work environments
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Experience defining or implementing Mission Autonomy behaviors through UCI
• Experience with automation in Cameo or Python relevant to Systems Engineering use cases

$191,000 — $253,000 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:

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