Tactical Network Engineer - Clearance Required

Anduril Industries

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Location
Seattle, WA
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$146,000–$190,000 / yr
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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 · Tactical Network Engineer - Clearance Required

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As a Tactical Network Engineer on Anduril’s Edge Compute and Comms (ECC) Engineering team, you will integrate emerging networking capabilities by bringing new hardware and software products into the Menace family of systems. You’ll contribute to requirements decomposition across cross-functional teams, design network topologies for complex missions involving unmanned systems, and troubleshoot system networking solutions from Layer-1 through Layer-4 of the OSI model. Your role includes building robust tooling for benchmarking network traffic, collaborating with software engineers on modeling and simulation environments, and analyzing packet data to identify security threats and communication inefficiencies in austere combat zones. The position requires 5+ years of tactical networking experience, proficiency in secure communication protocols, ad-hoc mesh networking, and network traffic analysis tools like Wireshark. Preferred skills include expertise in specific tactical communications technologies and programming languages such as Python or C/C++ for analysis and simulation.

Skills

Python C C++ Rust Wireshark tcpdump NetworkMiner IPSec MACSec TCP/IP DNS routing protocols SDWAN mesh networking radios network modeling and simulation tools PCAP analysis VHF UHF SatCom LPI/LPD anti-jamming MIMO antenna theory electronic warfare spectrum management

What you'll do

  • Integrate new hardware and software products into the Menace family of systems.
  • Design network topologies for complex missions involving unmanned and forward-deployed C2 systems.
  • Troubleshoot system networking issues across OSI layers 1 to 4, ensuring security compliance.
  • Build robust tooling for benchmarking and analyzing network traffic in tactical environments.
  • Analyze network packet data to identify threats and inefficiencies in diverse deployments.

What we're looking for

  • Must have active U.S. security clearance (Secret or higher)
  • 5+ years experience in tactical networking or related fields
  • Expertise in ad-hoc mesh networking, secure communication protocols, SDWAN solutions
  • Proficiency in network traffic analysis tools and PCAP analysis
  • Experience with empirical testing criteria for trade studies and hardware/software analysis

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