Staff Systems Engineer, Software Defined Weapons Optic
Anduril Industries
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This role pays less than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $152,562–$222,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $187k 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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Staff Electrical Engineer, Advanced Targeting System joins the Warfighter Systems division to develop a soldier-portable, auto-aiming counter-UAS system. You will own the electrical architecture end-to-end, transitioning an existing prototype into a production-ready Weapon System design capable of manufacturing at scale. Key responsibilities include building a technical roadmap, leading a multidisciplinary engineering team, and driving the integration of electro-optical/IR sensors, power and compute boards, actuator drive electronics, and control systems. You must balance bandwidth, force, speed, and SWaP while ensuring ruggedization against shock, vibration, and thermal conditions. Required skills include expertise in actuator dynamics, closed-loop control systems, and sensor fusion. This role solves the critical problem of protecting warfighters from drone attacks by delivering a high-priority, portable targeting platform with integrated LIDAR ballistic calculators and onboard compute.
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