There are not many jobs more exciting than designing low volume, high complexity hardware for the trying environment of space. On top of that, Anduril’s core IP in distributed compute, robust networking, AI, and on-board computer vision put us in a unique position for market entry. Come join this passionate team of experienced engineers on the ground floor as we embark on these projects and make systems that will be in orbit in the time frame only recently realized by modern space startups.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to manage technically complex research and development projects of multi year and multi-million dollar scope. Experience in space hardware or field of similar complexity and risk tolerance
• In this capacity, be the end-to-end owner of the program plan: top level CONOPS, specification, technical risk matrix, schedule, budget, verification and validation matrix, and staffing
• Drive requirement gathering exercises
• Develop and track performance metrics
• Decide approach to qualification test campaign - subsystem and system level verification activities, qualification vs protoflight, batch testing as design stabilizes and quantities increase
• As a figurehead of transparency and collaboration, facilitate reviews and weekly meetings. Ask the hard questions and drive consensus
• Background in electrical, mechanical, software, or related discipline 
• Systems engineering experience. Ability to dive in to technical details where needed without reliance on engineering team members
• Strong vendor/subcontractor management experience and ability to drive in-house/out-of-house decisions
• DoD and USG contracts experience (SBIRs, BAAs, Whitepaper/RFI/RFQ processes, etc.)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in an engineering discipline
• 3+ years experience pushing complex research and development projects (ideally space hardware) forward
• Preferred: experience seeing a full product development life-cycle - transitioning projects through development reviews to final verification and launch
• Strong scheduling experience with MS Project or equivalent
• Strong presentation and documentation experience
• Passion for defending the United States and her allies