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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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Senior Systems Engineer, Expeditionary Systems joins the Expeditionary Systems team to develop containerized command centers, datacenter-strength AI capabilities, launched effects, and sensing systems for military use. This role involves owning the full lifecycle of products, from initial concept and architecture through integration, testing, and deployment in operational environments. Key responsibilities include developing system architectures across mechanical, electrical, software, thermal, and power domains; decomposing requirements into traceable specifications; and managing verification and validation plans. The candidate will utilize tools such as Cameo, MBSE/SysML, Jama, and DOORS to model architectures and manage requirements while ensuring compliance with MIL-STDs. The role addresses the technical challenge of providing survivable, intensive compute at the edge and creating robust hardware that can be maintained in the field. Required skills include multi-disciplinary engineering experience and proficiency in complex systems integration.
What does a Systems Engineer earn in California?
Median $193000 from 63 postings across 15 companies.
Develop system architectures and lead design trades across mechanical, electrical, software, thermal, and power domains.
Decompose operational needs into traceable, testable, and allocated system and subsystem requirements.
Create and maintain engineering artifacts including ICDs, block diagrams, ConOps, and requirement specifications.
Manage verification and validation plans across analysis, inspection, demonstration, and testing phases.
Troubleshoot cross-discipline issues during hardware, software, and firmware integration.
Conduct FMEA/FMECA analyses and manage technical risks throughout the development lifecycle.
Support environmental qualification campaigns including thermal, vibration, shock, and EMI/EMC testing.
Travel to field exercises and customer sites to validate performance and gather operator feedback.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
2-6 years of systems engineering experience in a complex, multidisciplinary environment.
Experience developing, documenting, and maturing systems from design through production or fielding.
Ability to work across mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing disciplines.
Strong requirements development and documentation skills with excellent written and verbal communication.
U.S. citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
Active Secret or TS/SCI clearance (preferred).
Experience with containerized systems, military standards, MBSE tools, or high-performance compute platforms (preferred).
Systems Engineering
Requirements Analysis
System Design
Software Architecture
Integration and Testing
Data Analysis
Simulation
AI
Interface Definition Studies
Trade Studies
Data Collection Systems
Systems Engineering
Integration & Test
Configuration Management
Rust
Python
C
MATLAB
R
SQL
Linux
Command Line Interface
JAMA
Design-Build-Test (DBT)
Requirements Management
Robotics
Autonomous Systems