Staff Systems Engineer, Anduril Industries

• Strong stakeholder management experience with the ability to align technical and operational teams across multiple domains
• 7+ years of experience in systems or infrastructure engineering, ideally spanning IT, OT, and hardware integration
• Demonstrated experience owning and delivering digital technology projects into production environments
• Proven ability to design, deploy, and maintain distributed systems across hybrid cloud and on-prem architectures
• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation frameworks (Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent)
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, IoT systems, and message brokers (MQTT, Kafka, NATS)
• Strong foundation in data engineering, time-series data management, and semantic/ontology-driven system modeling
• Scripting or programming ability for automation and diagnostics (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and access control in regulated environments (NNPI/ITAR preferred)
• Excellent problem-solving and documentation skills; proven ability to deliver under operational constraints
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Desirable

• Anduril Maritime delivers platforms, systems, and integrated effects in the maritime domain
• Our autonomous vehicles (sub-surface and surface) are the cornerstone of these capabilities, and we continually strive to push the boundaries of the possible in terms of endurance, autonomy and mission capability
• The Maritime team develops and maintains core products and payloads, and adapts and applies those products to serve a wide variety of defense, IC and commercial customers in US and international markets
• We are seeking a Staff Systems Engineer, Applied Intelligence to join the Applied Intelligence team within Maritime Digital Production
• You will own and mature a portfolio of digital technology development projects—taking promising capabilities from concept through deployment and stabilization in live production environments
• This role focuses on architecting, integrating, and hardening digital systems (software and hardware) that directly improve manufacturing throughput, quality, and safety
• You’ll work across software, data, and operational technology domains to deploy resilient, event-driven systems that link R&D innovations to the real-world factory floor
• Your work will ensure new capabilities land fast, scale safely, and perform reliably as part of the broader digital production ecosystem
• Own and manage a portfolio of digital projects, driving each from prototype through production readiness and operational transition
• Architect, integrate, and operate systems that connect digital and hardware capabilities into manufacturing and production workflows
• Design and deploy event-driven, containerized systems with strong observability, version control, and rollback capabilities
• Translate R&D prototypes into production-grade, supportable services with defined SLOs, telemetry, and auditability
• Develop and maintain data infrastructure for ingestion, transformation, and system telemetry—integrated with unified namespaces and event brokers
• Collaborate with software, data, manufacturing, and operations teams to define and govern integration contracts, APIs, and schemas for interoperability and safety
• Implement automation pipelines for deployment, monitoring, and recovery to ensure continuous availability and resilience
• Work with digital, manufacturing, and corporate technology teams to align on architecture, data governance, and compliance standards
• Contribute to the design of time-series and ontology-based data models that structure and contextualize operational and digital systems
• Lead field deployments, ensuring new systems stabilize under operational conditions through telemetry tuning and reliability engineering