Staff Systems Engineer - Payload Lead

The role

You will own the payloads portfolio across the Thunder platform. You will lead multiple payload and weapon integration teams and drive cross team architecture, interfaces, and product execution.

What you will do

• Own the overall payloads architecture and roadmap across all weapon and payload systems.
• Lead and grow multiple payload integration teams.
• Develop program plans, estimates, and schedules across the payloads portfolio.
• Drive cross team interface consistency in electrical, structural, mechanical, software, and datalink domains.
• Own staffing plans, hiring, and resource allocation across the payloads organization.
• Own product execution across payload workstreams.
• Partner with Mission Systems and Mission Autonomy Leads to align payload capability.
• Serve as primary technical relationship owner with customers, contractors, and external suppliers.
• Own or delegate stores management system and fire control architecture standards.
• Drive modular, open architecture standards (MOSA/WOSA).

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline.
• Eleven or more years of experience with a bachelor's degree, nine or more with a master's, or seven or more with a PhD, including people leadership.
• Equivalent engineering experience may substitute for education.
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple engineering teams or a multi team organization.
• Hands on background with MIL STD 1553 and/or MIL STD 1760 interfaces.
• Familiarity with air to air weapons and logical Interface Control Documents.
• Experience integrating weapons, payloads, or avionics onto aircraft.
• Experience with weapon or tactical datalinks.
• Experience owning staffing, hiring, and resourcing decisions for an engineering organization.
• Experience managing customer, contractor, and supplier relationships on integration programs.
• Must be customer focused with the ability to formulate and implement plans to resolve technical engineering problems.
• Ability to travel to support program and test events (up to 25 percent).

Nice to have

• Experience leading weaponization or special mission unit platform conversion programs
• Familiarity with air to ground weapon systems (for example Hellfire, Hydra 70), Air Launched Effects, and laser target designation systems
• Software programming or embedded systems experience (C++, MATLAB, Python, PERL scripting, etc.)
• Experience owning safe separation and airworthiness certification strategy at a program level
• Working knowledge of MOSA/WOSA open architecture standards and their application across multi team portfolios
• Familiarity with MBSE tooling and digital engineering practices (SysML, Cameo, Jama, or similar)
• Experience in NX/Teamcenter or Solidworks
• Understanding of manufacturing methods (machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection molding, composite lamination)
• Track record building and scaling engineering teams in a fast paced defense program environment

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• U.S. Person status (citizenship or lawful permanent residency) required for ITAR and export controlled work
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance
• By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.