Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE TEAM
In the Space Special Programs team, we build spacecraft and space systems which serve a wide variety of functions in the space architecture. At a time when space superiority can no longer be taken for granted and with space systems proliferating at an incredible rate, the Space Special Programs team provides advanced, mission critical capabilities to our customer base to be able to more effectively operate and survive within this expanding environment with limited personnel. Working across product, engineering, sales, logistics, operations, and mission success, the Space Special Programs team develops, tests, deploys, and operates new, unique, space capabilities to drive mission success in challenging operational environments.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Help design spacecraft and space system architectures
- Build Conceptual designs of missions and payloads
- Work within a team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the life of spacecraft design and integration process
- Manage tactical engineering efforts, interfacing between different engineering and test disciplines
- Draft and develop test plans for critical subsystems, and support vehicle level acceptance testing
- Develop interface controls for partners and customers for hardware, systems, and electrical integration of complex and unique payloads with existing and new Anduril spacecraft
- Support build and benchtop testing of new vehicle systems
- Support integration, testing, delivery, and operations of spacecraft and space subsystems
- Conduct hands-on spacecraft testing with occasional travel
- Participate in design reviews, integration and test campaigns, launch-site and on-orbit operations campaigns
- Mentor engineers and help them learn the art of small spacecraft design and test – teach them your mistakes so they won’t need to repeat them
- Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 25+ years of industry experience designing spacecraft and spacecraft subsystems and participating in integration and operation campaigns, with a specialty in either electrical, mechanical, software, or systems engineering
- 10+ years of industry experience working with, understanding, and designing spacecraft system architectures
- 10+ years of industry experience leading a team of engineers to implement and deliver space flight hardware