Principal Systems Engineer, Air Vehicle Software
Anduril Industries
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This role pays more than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $152,000–$213,406 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $193k versus about $183k for comparable roles.
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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 on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $166,000–$220,000 across 858 roles with salary data.
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The Senior Systems Engineer, Air Vehicle Software joins the systems engineering team to support a Group 5 autonomous aircraft program. This role involves shaping customer needs into air vehicle and subsystem software requirements while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. You will develop system engineering artifacts, including system models, to trace stakeholder inputs through a digital thread, incorporating safety and software engineering inputs to support airworthiness certification. Key responsibilities include managing program risks and integrating feedback from test and evaluation campaigns. Required skills include experience with SysML, DoDAF, UAFP, and standards like MIL-HDBK-516C, MIL-STD-882E, ARP-4761, ARP-4754A, DO-178C, DO-254, and MIL-STD-881. Candidates should be proficient in model-based systems engineering artifacts, contingency management software architecture, and developing subsystem software interfaces for unmanned aerial systems.
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