Staff Discovery Engineer

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CAWashington, DC
Salary: $220,000–$292,000 / yr
Posted: 123 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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The Staff Discovery Engineer joins the Discovery team to tackle unproven concepts across space, missiles, air, sensors, autonomy, and cyber. This role involves owning new concepts from initial ideas through analysis, prototyping, and testing to reach validated answers. You will build models, simulations, and test setups, pressure-testing work to surface hidden assumptions and failure modes. The position requires proficiency in physics-math scripting environments like Python with numpy/scipy, MATLAB/Simulink, or Julia, alongside experience with AI tools for research and coding. You will collaborate with Hardware, Software, and GNC teams to translate results into design decisions. The work focuses on solving hard technical problems by reasoning from first principles to prove out new technologies for defense applications, requiring an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Skills

Python NumPy SciPy MATLAB Simulink Julia AI Tools STK Astrogator AFSIM HFSS Fluent GNC Sensor Fusion Autonomy Radar EW Acoustics Simulations

What you'll do

Own new concepts from initial idea through analysis, prototyping, and testing to reach validated answers.
Rapidly learn new technical domains by reviewing references and building models against known results.
Build or adapt models, simulations, and test setups using existing tools or custom-built solutions.
Pressure-test internal and external work by hunting for failure modes and surfacing hidden assumptions.
Use AI tools as a force multiplier for research, coding, and analysis while verifying all outputs.
Translate technical results into design decisions by working with Hardware, Software, and GNC teams.
Communicate complex data and results to engineers, leadership, and customers through visual presentations.

What we're looking for

Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Demonstrated experience working in more than one technical area.
Proven experience designing, building, testing, or fielding real-world products in any field.
Proficiency in at least one physics-math scripting environment such as Python, MATLAB/Simulink, or Julia.
Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
12+ years in a relevant science/engineering field (preferred).
Math, physics, or engineering degree, or similar (preferred).
Proficiency with AI tools and experience in several domains like space systems, missiles, or autonomy (preferred).

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