Lead Systems Engineer (London)

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center.

Since 2023, Anduril UK has experienced rapid growth, introducing world-leading software-first, hardware-enabled systems to the UK Ministry of Defence and other government agencies. Our exemplar programme of Maritime Sentry Towers (MST) has been developed and delivered in close partnership with the UK government and sovereign British industry, fundamentally changing how border security and surveillance capabilities can be employed by UK authorities. Additionally, Anduril UK has expanded its portfolio to include the ALTIUS-600, a versatile autonomous aerial system, and Seabed Sentry, an advanced underwater surveillance platform.

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in London. In this role, you will be responsible for helping design and manage the next generation of Anduril’s vehicles. These projects require Senior Systems Engineers with broad experience to drive the delivery of a variety of software enabled hardware capabilities to our customers.

What You’ll Do

• Own technology solutions that are deployed to customers, focused on the delivery of value to the end-user.
• Act as a subject matter expert for your areas of expertise as they relate to the delivery of Anduril’s technology capabilities, including areas such as hardware selection and integration, testing and evaluation, robotic perception, engineering process or cybersecurity.
• Empathize with end-users and drive solutions that balance their needs with external constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Design, architect, and implement integrated systems, including advanced and sensitive platforms and payloads, that rapidly deliver capability beyond the scope of current systems, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time.
• Contribute to the design and development of technology components across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are re-usable across multiple Anduril product lines.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and execution of development processes for the initial delivery and subsequent iteration of complex robotic systems, including full lifecycle testing, monitoring and operation.
• Support vehicle and payload manufacturing, testing and deployment.
• Travel to co-locate with end-users up to 10-15% of the time.
• Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, including as a mentor for Engineers from differing backgrounds.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive professional experience working as an Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of expertise.
• Ability to exercise extremely high ownership over a complex system, including design, integration, test, and delivery of new capabilities.
• Capacity to work holistically on complex robotic systems across design, implementation, operation and sustainment.
• Capacity to act as the technical owner for a complex subsystem, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team coordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution.
• Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, building team cohesion and capacity.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a UK SC clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the design, implementation and support of robotic and/or autonomous systems.
• Experience working within the defence, maritime and/or aerospace domains.
• Experience within the product delivery lifecycle, including manufacturing, system acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.
• Desire to learn and grow into other roles that require experience as a Senior Systems Engineer, such as Principal Systems Engineer and/or Engineering Manager.
• Desire to grow into a Tech-Lead-Manager role, with responsibility for line management of engineers, in addition to delivery.
• Familiarisation with clearing Effectors from UK Rotary-wing Platforms.

Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave.
• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more.
• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).

Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.