Staff Mission Systems Engineer, Electronic Warfare, Air Dominance & Strike

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
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$200,000–$253,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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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.

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TL;DR · Staff Mission Systems Engineer, Electronic Warfare, Air Dominance & Strike

JOB TITLE: Staff Mission Systems Engineer, Electronic Warfare, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance The Air Dominance and Strike mission systems team is seeking a Senior Mission Systems Engineer to develop end-to-end mission-ized autonomous air systems. In this role, you will own how Group 5 autonomous platforms sense, characterize, and act on the electromagnetic spectrum. You will define electronic warfare capabilities, own the electronic support chain, and validate electronic attack employment. Key responsibilities include running EW link budgets, building threat-emulation environments, and integrating payloads within power and SWaP constraints. You will utilize Python, Bash, and MATLAB to develop test scripts and perform signal analysis. The role requires deep expertise in algorithms for pulse deinterleaving, emitter classification, and direction finding to solve complex problems regarding threat laydowns, geometry, and range envelopes in contested environments.

What you'll do

  • Define electronic warfare capabilities, threat sets, and mission-level requirements for Group 5 autonomous platforms.
  • Own the end-to-end electronic support chain including wideband channelization, emitter classification, and geolocation.
  • Define and validate electronic attack employment techniques, including DRFM-based deception and jamming power management.
  • Run and review EW link budgets to translate available margins into concrete mission employment options.
  • Build and maintain modeling, simulation, and threat-emulation environments to evaluate EW effectiveness.
  • Manage the selection, integration, and lab-to-flight qualification of EW payloads within SWaP and power budgets.
  • Deconflict EW operations against the platform's own datalinks and sensors with internal engineering teams.
  • Translate mission requirements into EW system engineering specifications traced through design, test, and flight.

What we're looking for

  • Must hold a U.S. Secret security clearance.
  • Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
  • 12+ years of experience in electronic warfare systems engineering, capability development, or systems analysis.
  • Expert understanding of algorithms for electronic support and attack systems, including channelization, pulse deinterleaving, and geolocation.
  • Expert understanding of EW methods of employment, including how capabilities are tasked, planned, and employed against threat laydowns.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and review EW and RF link budgets, including ERP, receiver sensitivity, and J/S ratios.
  • Experience with RF and EW test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and threat simulators.
  • Proficiency in test script development and signal analysis using Python, Bash, or MATLAB.

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