Mission Systems Lead

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Salary: $292,000–$386,000 / yr
Posted: 87 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

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TL;DR · Mission Systems Lead

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As the Mission Systems Lead within the Maritime Division, you will lead the technical development and integration of mission systems for maritime products from initial concept through delivery. You will oversee the design of robotic mission systems, including hardware selection, compute, storage, and network architecture while managing service orchestration and software platform concerns. Your role involves collaborating with vehicle software teams to integrate mission system stacks, defining roadmap requirements, and leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams to develop software for on- and off-platform use. You will manage the full lifecycle of high-assurance safety-critical software, including development processes, testing, and simulation fixtures. Key technical competencies include experience with distributed software architectures under dynamic network topologies, modeling and simulation, and autonomous weapons systems. The role addresses the challenge of delivering operational mission systems for maritime platforms in complex environments.

Skills

Robotics Mechatronics Modeling and Simulation Hardware-in-the-loop System Engineering Data Structures Algorithms Concurrency Optimization Service Orchestration

What you'll do

Lead the technical development and integration of mission systems for maritime products from concept to delivery.
Manage hardware selection, compute, storage, and network architecture for robotic mission systems.
Define requirements based on customer inputs and ensure traceability to program office decisions.
Oversee the design and implementation of development processes and full lifecycle testing for mission software.
Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software and hardware-in-the-loop.
Lead and mentor multi-disciplinary engineering teams, including senior software engineers.
Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment in various operational environments.
Develop a company-wide roadmap for integrating mission systems into maritime platforms.

What we're looking for

Experience in a senior role for the delivery of a military mission system.
Experience developing and sustaining distributed software platform and application architectures under dynamic network topologies.
Experience with modeling and simulation.
Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software.
Experience with development of comprehensive unit test and regression.
Deep understanding of autonomous weapons systems, including payload capabilities and commercial/military mission sets.
Experience within the product delivery lifecycle including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.
Familiarity with vehicle management systems and System Engineering concepts.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a relevant field (preferred).
Experience in a leadership position within a high performing technology organization (preferred).
Systems and/or application programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, and optimization (preferred).
Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems (preferred).
5+ years of operational experience with autonomous maritime systems (preferred).

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