Tactical Network Engineer, Connected Warfare

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$166,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted
72 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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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.

Anduril Industries currently has 884 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Tactical Network Engineer, Connected Warfare

Tactical Network Engineer, Connected Warfare (Active Clearance) joins the Connected Warfare division to design and implement networking stacks for command and control and collaborative autonomy of distributed unmanned systems. The role involves leading the integration of new hardware and software products, decomposing requirements across cross-functional teams, and designing network laydowns based on complex reference missions. Responsibilities include managing OSI layers one through four, performing trade-off studies for communication solutions, building benchmarking tools, and collaborating with engineers to develop modeling and simulation environments. Required skills include experience with cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, CI/CD tools, and enterprise networking. Technical expertise is required in tactical LOS and BLOS RF systems, ad-hoc mesh networking, secure protocols like IPSec and MACSec, software-defined networking, and internet protocols such as TCP/IP and DNS to solve complex connectivity problems for multi-domain operations.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and implementation of networking stacks for command and control of distributed unmanned systems.
  • Integrate new hardware and software products into the existing family of systems.
  • Decompose complex requirements across cross-functional teams to define success in ambiguous environments.
  • Design, deploy, and troubleshoot network solutions across Layers 1 through 4 of the OSI model.
  • Perform trade-off studies for various communication technologies, including government-provided options.
  • Build robust tooling for benchmarking and analyzing network traffic.
  • Analyze test infrastructure to improve reliability and throughput for edge networks.
  • Develop modeling and simulation environments in collaboration with software engineers using hardware-in-the-loop labs.

What we're looking for

  • Must possess and be able to maintain an active U.S. Secret Clearance.
  • 7+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), enterprise network technologies, CI/CD tools, and software infrastructure fundamentals.
  • Expertise in tactical LOS and BLOS RF systems.
  • Experience with ad-hoc mesh networking, secure communication protocols, software-defined networking, and internet/routing protocols.
  • Experience with commercial mesh networking radios.
  • Proficiency in applying engineering standards into processes or requirements and conducting trade studies for hardware/software analysis.
  • Experience with network modeling and simulation tools and frameworks (preferred).
  • Expertise in SatCom, VHF/UHF, LPI/LPD, MIMO, antenna theory, Cloud Networking, Cybersecurity, EW technologies, and Spectrum Management (preferred).

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