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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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Listed pay typically runs
$166,000–$220,000
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Senior Mission Systems Engineer, EO/IR Seekers joins the Air Dominance and Strike team to develop mission-ized autonomous air systems. This role involves selecting, sourcing, and validating mission-relevant payloads and systems while managing subcontractors and internal technical development efforts. The engineer will conduct trades for communications, sensing, and effector systems, architecting multi-function payload concepts, and developing physics-based models of system performance. Key responsibilities include defining subsystem requirements, performing trade studies, and ensuring successful integration of high-performance components. Required expertise includes seeker design, payload integration, and domain knowledge in Radar, EO/IR, RF, or EW systems. Candidates should possess skills in modeling and analysis using tools like MATLAB, Python, C++, COMSOL, or Ansys. The role addresses the technical challenge of creating autonomous capabilities through rigorous modeling, system trade exploration, and hardware integration for defense applications.
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