Senior Systems Engineer, TRS Edge Autonomy

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 real‑time, 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.

Anduril’s Tactical Recon & Strike (TRS) is a division with two missions: (1) build highly capable autonomous drones, and (2) build solid rocket motors  transform products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt, and Altius from early concepts into fully operational capabilities by partnering closely with specialist engineering, operations, and production teams. Through our Anduril Rocket Motor Systems (RMS) team, we design and manufacture solid rocket motors using advanced materials, proprietary formulations, and high‑volume production methods—delivering safe, reliable propulsion systems that support a wide range of mission requirements.

TRS hires software engineers and hardware engineers who are excited to build across a diverse and powerful portfolio—from autonomous aerial systems to high‑performance solid rocket motors. Our teams contribute to highly capable autonomous robotics systems and propulsion products that operate reliably in the most demanding mission environment.

We are looking for an owner for a novel, relative navigation solution bridging perception, tracking, guidance for an upcoming product at our headquarters location in Costa Mesa, CA. You will lead development, refinement, and implementation of guidance architecture for systems combining high‑cost off‑board sensing with low‑cost onboard sensing for current and future product variants. This role will involve usage and direct implementation of state‑of‑the‑art Computer Vision (CV) and Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) work, and will require a level of firmware and electrical hardware familiarity.

You will be involved at the earliest stage of product development, and help shape the capabilities set of the platform to achieve consistent mission success on a hyper‑scalable platform developed on an aggressive timeline.

Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance. This position will be located at our headquarters in Costa Mesa, CA (relocation benefits provided).

• Lead technical execution from vision & initial design, through fabrication, test and production
• Develop systems that support expeditionary operation, intuitive setup and use by warfighters, and modular expansion of sensors
• Setup trades to enable exploration of early designs while working closely with technical SMEs and Business Development teams to find the right solution for current and future gaps in capability
• Operate at the intersection of software and hardware helping to craft a system level architecture that supports a robust and cost effective design
• Define product milestones, lead technical design reviews, guide cross‑functional product decisions, manage engineering risk
• Coordinate the fabrication of prototype and low‑rate production articles and subsystem/system level test efforts
• Work with senior leadership to ensure resource plans are adequate for work scope
• Support remote troubleshooting and operation of deployed systems
• Conduct hands‑on, in‑field testing
• Create and carry out a verification and validation plan for the end‑to‑end system

• Experience in a senior role leading system design and development from initial concept through test and delivery to customers
• Basic understanding of Aerodynamics, Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), Control Actuation Servos, and how those disciplines relate to overall system performance
• Technical Bachelor’s degree such as Robotics, Physics,…