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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$222k
versus about
$191k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
901 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$166,000–$220,000
across 858 roles with salary data.
The Senior Discovery Engineer joins the Discovery team to tackle unproven concepts across space, missiles, air, sensors, autonomy, and cyber. This hands-on technical role involves owning new concepts from initial idea through analysis, prototyping, and testing to reach validated answers. You will build models, simulations, and test setups, pressure-testing work to hunt for failure modes and hidden assumptions. The role requires reasoning from first principles to solve hard problems in unfamiliar domains. Key technical requirements include proficiency in physics-math scripting environments like Python with numpy/scipy, MATLAB/Simulink, or Julia, alongside experience with AI tools for research and coding. Candidates should possess experience in areas such as GNC, radar, or sensor fusion, and must maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance to support these defense technology programs.