Tactical Network Engineer, Connected Warfare (Active Clearance)

About the Team

Anduril’s Connected Warfare Division builds mission-critical systems that enable global command and control for time-sensitive, multi-domain operations. By fusing robotics, sensor networks, and advanced software, we create connected mesh ecosystems that empower our military partners with a comprehensive source of truth for rapid decision-making. Our Mission Command group is at the forefront of delivering software solutions that integrate seamlessly with hundreds of thousands of endpoints worldwide, ensuring operational superiority on a global scale.

About the Role

We are hiring a Tactical Network Engineer with cybersecurity experience to lead the design and implementation of a networking stack to enable Command and Control (C2) and collaborative autonomy of distributed unmanned systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the integration of emerging networking capabilities, bringing new hardware and software products into the family of systems
• Lead networking requirements decomposition across cross-functional teams, defining success in the face of ambiguity
• Design network laydowns and configurations decomposed from complex design reference missions (DRMs) involving large scale unmanned systems and forward-deployed C2 systems
• Design, implement, deploy, and troubleshoot system networking solutions focused on Layer-1 (Physical), Layer-2 (Data), Layer-3 (Network), and Layer-4 (Transport) of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model, and that meet and exceed industry-standard security goals
• Own systems end to end with the ability to identify and solve networking problems between the seams, scrutinize system performance, make tradeoffs, and deliver an outcome
• Perform trade-off studies of different comms and networking solutions including government provided technologies
• Build robust tooling for benchmarking and analyzing network traffic
• Analyze test network infrastructure, develop recommendations, and implement improvements for network reliability and throughput for edge network
• Collaborate extensively with software engineers to build a representative modeling and simulation environment including hardware-in-the-loop lab infrastructure

Requirements

• Understanding of empirical testing criteria leveraging both quantitative and qualitative criteria for trade study and hardware/software analysis
• Demonstrated proficiency in the application of engineering standards into engineering processes or requirements
• 7+ years of experience with industry standard cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), Enterprise network technologies, CI/CD tools, and software infrastructure fundamentals (networking, security, distributed systems)
• Expertise in tactical LOS and BLOS RF systems
• Experience with ad-hoc mesh networking, secure communication protocols (IPSec/MACSec, etc), software-defined networking, internet protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, etc), and routing protocols
• Demonstrated experience collaborating across cross-functional teams
• Comfortable working with ambiguity, evolving priorities, and challenging problems
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience with commercial mesh networking radios
• Must be willing to travel for test field events up to 25%
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with network modeling and simulation tools and frameworks
• Expertise in these specific tactical ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore comms:
  • SatCom
  • VHF + UHF
  • LPI/LPD and anti-jamming
  • MIMO
  • Antenna theory
• Expertise in Cloud Networking & Cybersecurity
• Experience with Electronic Warfare (EW) technologies
• Experience with Spectrum Management and deconfliction

Pay

US Salary Range: $146,000—$194,000 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 package available at little to no cost to employees, ensuring support in health, recovery, and whatever comes next