Senior Red Team Engineer, Discovery

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$191,000–$253,000 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

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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 1697 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Red Team Engineer, Discovery

As a Senior Red Team Engineer on the Discovery team, you will serve as an internal adversary to identify unmodeled failure modes and design weaknesses in complex systems before they reach the field. You will work across multiple domains including space, missiles, air vehicles, and autonomy to pressure-test trade studies and reconstruct engineering analyses for various programs. Your daily responsibilities include developing analysis tools, performing independent verification of others' work, and translating technical findings into actionable guidance for hardware, software, and mission operations teams. To succeed, you must possess a track record in designing and analyzing engineering systems using physics-math scripting such as MATLAB, Simulink, or Python with numpy/scipy. You will solve critical problems related to system resilience and reliability while ensuring that complex technical data is communicated clearly to stakeholders through high-quality visual presentations.

What you'll do

  • Identify failure modes, hidden assumptions, and design weaknesses in engineering systems before they reach the field.
  • Pressure-test trade studies and independently reconstruct others' work to find errors missed by other teams.
  • Develop custom models, simulations, and analysis tools to verify or disprove technical claims.
  • Provide actionable guidance to cross-functional teams based on red-team findings to improve system design.
  • Use physics-math scripting in languages like Python, MATLAB, or Simulink to conduct rigorous quantitative analyses.
  • Communicate complex results and data visualizations to engineers, leadership, and stakeholders.
  • Analyze systems across multiple domains including space, missiles, air vehicles, autonomy, and sensor fusion.

What we're looking for

  • Must possess and be able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
  • Must have a hands-on track record of both designing/building and analyzing real engineering systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform failure analysis, adversarial review, independent verification, or equivalent.
  • Proven ability to independently own and execute deliverables with little to no management.
  • Proficiency in physics-math scripting using tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, or Python with numpy/scipy.
  • Strong engineering background in a relevant field like Aerospace, Dynamics & Controls, GNC, or Systems.
  • Outstanding communication skills including the visual presentation of complex data.
  • Preferred 8+ years of experience in a relevant science or engineering field.

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