Mission Systems Lead

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$253,000–$336,000 / yr
Posted
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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.

Anduril Industries currently has 1882 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1696 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Mission Systems Lead

As the Mission Systems Lead at Anduril's Maritime Division, you will lead the technical development and integration of vehicle systems for a maritime product from concept to delivery. You will collaborate with program leadership, other Anduril teams, and third-party vendors to ensure that requirements are aligned with customer inputs and traceable to technical decisions. Your responsibilities include driving architecture selection, hardware and software platform design, and contributing to the company-wide roadmap for mission system integration into maritime platforms. Additionally, you will manage development processes, conduct full lifecycle testing, and travel up to 25% of the time to engage with end-users and other teams. This role requires a deep understanding of autonomous weapons systems, vehicle management systems, and experience in developing comprehensive unit tests and regression. You must possess strong technical expertise and leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and ensure successful project completion within a multi-stakeholder environment.

What you'll do

  • Own the design and delivery of a fully operational mission system for a new maritime platform.
  • Drive architecture selection and design for robotic mission systems, including hardware and software platforms.
  • Collaborate with Vehicle Software team to interface requirements between Vehicle Management System and Mission System stacks.
  • Contribute to the company-wide roadmap for integrating mission systems into maritime platforms.
  • Manage development processes and full lifecycle testing for initial delivery and subsequent iterations of mission software.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of operational experience with autonomous maritime systems
  • Deep understanding of autonomous weapons systems and mission sets
  • Experience in developing comprehensive unit tests and regression testing
  • Systems programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency
  • Capacity to act as the technical owner for an entire mission system
  • Familiarity with vehicle management systems and software platform concerns

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