Systems Engineering Lead, Air Vehicle Systems

About the role

The systems engineering team is looking for experienced Systems Engineering Lead to support a Group 5 aircraft program at Anduril. The ideal candidate will have experience leading a team of systems engineering working on air vehicle systems. Ideally they have worked with complex unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and will have a strong background in systems engineering for unmanned platforms.

What You'll Do

• Shape customer needs into air vehicle and subsystem requirements in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Develop System Engineering artifacts, including system model, to trace from stakeholder inputs through design in a digital thread.
• Incorporate input from system safety, software engineering, and other disciplines to shape system architecture and support airworthiness certification.
• Communicate and manage program risks in conjunction with Chief Engineer and Program Management.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
• 10+ years Engineering Experience across the life cycle for an UAS with specific focus on aircraft systems
• 3+ years of leading a systems engineering team working on air vehicle systems
• Familiarity and experience with the following standards and handbooks: MIL-HDBK-516C, MIL-STD-882E, ARP-4761, ARP-4754A, DO-178C, DO-254, MIL-STD-881
• Experience developing subsystem requirements and interfaces; including mission systems
• Experience on mature Aircraft development programs including operational testing and airworthiness certification.
• Experience with SysML, DoDAF, UAFP, or similar
• Experience developing various model based system engineering artifacts - Operational Viewpoints, System Viewpoints, activity diagrams, use case diagrams, BDDs, IBDs, parametric diagrams, etc...
• Outstanding communication skills to include presentation of developed artifacts
• Must hold an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Cameo MagicDraw or similar systems engineering software
• Experience with Digital Engineering workflows and Integrated Modeling Environments (i.e. Teamwork Cloud)
• Demonstrated High ownership and autonomy across the end-to-end systems engineering lifecycle.
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Pay

US Salary Range $191,000—$253,000 USD

Benefits

Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits available at little to no cost to employees, ensuring support in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.