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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
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Senior Systems Engineer, Space joins the Space team to lead technical strategy, roadmapping, and program execution for space mission systems. This role involves overseeing the development of integrated hardware and software solutions, including orbital payloads and ground command and control products. The engineer manages the full program lifecycle from proposal through assembly, qualification testing, and flight unit delivery. Key responsibilities include performing trade studies, managing multi-disciplinary teams across mechanical, thermal, electrical, and GNC domains, and coordinating with external vendors for test requirements. The role requires expertise in spacecraft standards like GEVS and SMC-S-016, as well as experience with orbital software, FPGA, firmware, and EMI/EMC. This position addresses the critical challenge of enhancing Space Domain Awareness and Command and Control to provide a decisive advantage in contested war-fighting environments for military partners.
What does a Systems Engineer earn in California?
Median $194000 from 61 postings across 16 companies.
Lead the development of technical strategies and roadmaps for space mission systems.
Provide technical oversight for both spacecraft hardware/software and ground segment operations.
Manage multi-disciplinary engineering teams through all phases of program execution from proposal to delivery.
Coordinate with external vendors and partners to establish test requirements and pass/fail criteria.
Perform mission and system level trade studies to balance risk, cost, and performance.
Generate technical inputs for proposals including detailed engineering execution plans.
Translate complex systems into executable requirements to meet government expectations.
Communicate development status and deliver critical technical briefings to leadership and customers.
What we're looking for
Advanced experience in architecting, developing, and delivering defense or intelligence community satellite and space hardware and software systems.
Thorough understanding of the current technical state of USSF and IC space systems and mission areas.
Demonstrated ability to decompose complex systems into executable requirements while balancing performance, schedule, openness, cybersecurity, and MLS.
Experience with spacecraft standards for qualification and acceptance testing, including GEVS and SMC-S-016 (MIL-STD-1540).
Experience with US government space mission areas and associated CONOPS to enable capabilities for the warfighter.
Expertise in designing and developing space vehicle and payload architectures for complex space domain challenges.
Strong technical communication skills to deliver briefings to leadership and customers.
Technical experience leading US Government contracts and eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.
Digital Signal Processing
Python
MATLAB
MBSE
SysML
MagicDraw
Cameo
Agile
DevOps
CI/CD
Hardware in-the-loop
Space Systems
SmallSats
CubeSats
Radar Processing
Monte Carlo Analysis
Phased Array
Beam Forming
Systems Engineering
Avionics
Hardware Architecture
requirements-management
verification, validation
Interface Control
Command and Data Handling
fault-management
Hardware-in-the-Loop
Configuration Control