Systems Engineer, Maritime

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.

The Maritime Manufacturing Technology team is responsible for rapidly developing, manufacturing, and qualifying mission-critical defense hardware. Our scope spans end-to-end verification, from coupon-level mechanical and weld evaluations through full-scale functional qualification of advanced surface and undersea systems. Operating as a test-first organization, the team prioritizes tangible, evidence-based proof of capability and maintains rigorous traceability across every phase of the product lifecycle.

We are seeking a Systems Engineer to join our Maritime team in Santa Ana, CA to serve as the requirements management authority for production. In this role, you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of systems requirements, from initial customer specifications through decomposition, allocation, verification planning, and formal change control.
You will lead the discipline of ensuring that every requirement driving our maritime hardware is clear, correct, traceable, and verifiable. You will manage the requirements baseline, define verification methods in partnership with Test Development through the Verification Cross-Reference Matrix (VCRM), and represent the requirements discipline in system-level technical reviews and change control boards. This is a foundational role that shapes how Heavy Metal proves capability to our customers and closes qualification against defense standards.

• Requirements Management & Database Administration: Own and manage the requirements database within Arsenal OS, ensuring every requirement is clear, correct, verifiable, and carries a unique identifier. Serve as the administrative authority over the requirements management tool, establishing and enforcing standards for requirement authoring, structure, and metadata.
  Requirements Traceability: Maintain full bidirectional traceability of requirements from top-level customer specifications down to the lowest-level component specifications. Ensure parent-child relationships, derived requirements, and interface requirements are documented, linked, and auditable at all times.
  Verification Planning: Work directly with the Test Development Manager to define and document the verification method (test, analysis, inspection, or demonstration) for every requirement in a Verification Cross-Reference Matrix (VCRM). Ensure verification plans are executable, resource-informed, and aligned with program milestones.
  Change Management & Baseline Control: Manage and control all changes to the requirements baseline through a formal change management process. Evaluate proposed changes for impact to schedule, cost, design, and verification scope, and present dispositions to the appropriate change control boards.
  Specification Authorship & Release: Approve the content and release of all system and subsystem requirements specifications for Maritime Heavy Metal programs. Ensure specifications are consistent, configuration-controlled, and compliant with applicable standards.
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