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# Staff Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Anduril Industries
- **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $191,000.0 - $253,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Expert Systems, Rapid Prototyping Process, Software Requirements Analysis, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9088471/staff-systems-engineer

## About the Role

* B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
 * 13+ years Engineering Experience across the life cycle for spacecraft and space systems
 * 3+ years of leading a systems engineering team working on small spacecraft
 * Experience developing subsystem requirements and interfaces; including mission systems
 * Experience on mature spacecraft development programs including operational and environemental testing.
 * Experience developing various design artifacts, such as: Design Review material (CoDR, SDR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc), trade studies, risk matrices and burn-down plans, non-conformance investigations and dispositioning
 * Outstanding communication skills to include presentation of developed artifacts
 * Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance, * M.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
 * Demonstrated High ownership and autonomy across the entire cradle-to-grave lifecycle of a spacecraft or space system.
 * Demonstrated ability to work in an extremely fast-paced, nimble, environment with programs that have limited, broad, Level-0 requirements
 * 3+ years workin g in a classified environment

## Description

We are looking for a Staff Systems Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Chantilly, VA. In this role, you will be responsible for the full life cycle of design, development, integration & test, and operations for spacecraft and associated systems including maintaining and managing requirements, risks, budgets, and trade studies; interfacing with the other spacecraft disciplines to assure the system is meeting requirements and goals; and interfacing with customers and internal stakeholders to communicate progress. You are expected to be an individual contributor as well as the team lead. Additionally, you will be responsible for helping develop the system and mission designs & concepts, and, as the expert systems engineer, for mentoring and growing your team.
WHAT YOU'LL DO

 * Work with a cross-functional team to design market leading hardware products
 * Drive product maturity through rapid prototyping, design verification, and qualification activities
 * Apply modern space-flight hardware design standards and guidelines to create high-reliability, highly manufacturable systems
 * Develop, track, and maintain system requirements and work with other disciplines to assure the overall system as well as subsystems are meeting, testing, and verifying compliance with the requirements
 * Define, track, and maintain program risks and risk burn-down plans
 * Define, track, and maintain system budgets
 * Lead the team in establishing internal guidelines and best practices for space flight hardware design, test, manufacture, and operations
 * Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews and develop customer-facing system design documentation and presentations
 * Help drive development, integration and test activities to meet schedule
 * Work in a fast-paced environment, having to juggle multiple concurrent projects and customers, To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
 * No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.


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