Mission Support Engineer, EW

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. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

Mission Support Engineer, Electromagnetic Warfare

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril's Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) Business Line builds next-generation electronic warfare platforms that integrate with the broader Anduril Lattice ecosystem. The Mission Support team is responsible for ensuring these systems are operationally ready, successfully deployed, and continuously-supported.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Mission Support Engineer, you will be instrumental in keeping Anduril's EW systems running at peak performance. Our products are designed to provide real-time radio frequency (RF) spectrum awareness, threat detection, and electronic mitigation capabilities at the tactical edge. End users and deployed Anduril personnel will rely on your critical thinking and diligence.

You will be the critical link between fielded systems and engineering -- feeding data, insights, and operational requirements directly back to development teams to drive product improvements. You will thrive in this position if you have a passion for teamwork and solving complicated software, hardware, and RF systems issues. You must be quick to learn, adopt, and execute complex technical functions. You will be expected to take extreme ownership of your work and support deployed systems across multiple operational environments. Everything you do will be leveraged to shape the future of Anduril systems.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Own the operational performance of deployed EW systems across multiple theaters, serving as the primary technical interface between field operations and engineering

Investigate and resolve system anomalies end-to-end — from initial detection through root cause isolation, corrective action, and post-incident documentation

Contribute to the validation and fielding of new EW software builds, including pre-deployment verification and operational acceptance testing

Leverage Linux diagnostics, log analysis, and command-line tooling to drive resolution and deploy cutting edge software solutions

Partner with engineering and product teams to continuously enhance fleet-wide monitoring, alerting, and health telemetry for EW assets

Aggregate and interpret field performance data to identify failure patterns, inform preventive maintenance strategies, and guide engineering investment decisions

Serve as a trusted point of contact for customers, managing technical issues with clear communication, defined timelines, and follow-through from identification to closure

Translate operational feedback and mission requirements into actionable input for product development, advocating for capability improvements grounded in real-world employment

Develop and maintain deep technical fluency across the EW product portfolio, enabling effective communication between operators, engineers, and program stakeholders

Orchestrate cross-functional responses to complex sustainment challenges, aligning business operations, engineering, and field support teams to optimize system availability

Provide structured mission insights and deployment lessons-learned to software and hardware engineering teams, shaping roadmap priorities and informing design decisions

Travel to field sites, if desired and opportunities arise – not required

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

3+ years’ defense industry, USG, or DoD/DoW experience performing technical operations

Experience working with and/or deploying complex software solutions

Experience with distributed communication networks and system-of-systems architectures

Ability to quickly understand and navigate disaggregated networking systems

A desire to perform high-stakes, critical, and time-sensitive functions with real-world impact

A bias for action, extreme ownership, and self-driving motivation to see projects through

Experience supporting incident-driven workflows

Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills

Ability to work non-standard hours and weekends, as needed

Ability to obtain and maintain SECRET security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

BS in STEM discipline, preferably in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, information technology, or similar

Industry networking certifications, such as CompTIA Sec+/Net+, CCNA, Linux+, or similar

Experience supporting or operating EW systems, software defined radios, or RF sensors as a DoD/DoW employee, contractor, or end-user

Familiarity with RF and EW applications, power, antenna concepts, and spectrum analysis

Experience building, deploying, or testing autonomous systems or software in real-world operational environments

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and release management processes

Experience with containerized deployments (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)

Experience with observability tooling such as DataDog, Grafana, and Victor Ops; exposure to software development tooling such as Git and Jira

Experience with Nix/NixOS

Experience performing trend analysis to inform business decisions

Experience with military systems and operational tactics

Active SECRET or TOP SECRET security clearance

US Salary Range

$146,000—$194,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams

Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.

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.

Please always verify communications:

Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.

Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to [email protected].

Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.

What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to [email protected]. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.

Data Privacy

To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.

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 and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.