CareerPlan

Engineering Lead, Air Defense U.S. Air Force Portfolio

Irvine, CA (OC-62)Full-time2026-10-23 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Engineering Lead owning the technical baseline, architecture, and verification approach for Anduril's Air Defense portfolio serving the U.S. Air Force.

Role type

Senior IC Engineering Lead (Systems/Defense)

Builds

Autonomous air defense systems (Roadrunner, Sentry, Anvil, Pulsar, Wisp) integrated with Lattice OS for the U.S. Air Force.

Domain

Defense / Air Defense / Systems Engineering

Required skills

Systems architecture, third-party hardware integration, verification and environmental qualification, technical negotiation with customers, field failure reproduction, technical proposal writing, technical direction for small teams

Preferred skills

Counter-UAS experience, radar/sensor/effector integration, accreditation and STIG compliance, deployment networking standardization, extreme environment qualification, military/government service

Technologies

Lattice OS, tactical data links, government-furnished equipment, third-party sensors and effectors

Responsibilities

Own the technical baseline and architecture for delivered configurations; Integrate systems owned by partners or the government; Define verification and environmental qualification approaches; Lead recovery from field failures; Translate operational requirements into technical scope for proposals; Set technical direction for small engineering teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC