Systems Engineer, Electro Optical, Space

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Skills: []

Electro Optical payload system engineering for space platforms, guiding integration from concept through on-orbit operations. Lead requirements, performance modeling, lab testing, and cross-domain collaboration to mature payload designs and support mission operations in a defense-space environment.

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Anduril
Anduril
6 months ago

Systems Engineer, Electro Optical, Space

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Job Summary

Electro Optical payload system engineering for space platforms, guiding integration from concept through on-orbit operations. Lead requirements, performance modeling, lab testing, and cross-domain collaboration to mature payload designs and support mission operations in a defense-space environment.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Perform concept designs of active and passive EO payloads and derive system and unit level requirements
  • •Analyze performance with an in-depth understanding of payload technology and related physics; develop test plans and procedures to measure parameters in a laboratory environment
  • •Train and educate other AI&T professionals to conduct successful payload testing and work with teams to author Interface Control Documents (ICD) covering all aspects of payload integration
  • •Facilitate communication between mechanical, thermal, electrical, and software teams to resolve complex integration trades and manage technical risk
  • •Define on-orbit calibration sequences, initialization procedures, and provide real-time engineering support during nominal operations

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kEquityRemote WorkLearning BudgetCommuter BenefitsRelocation

Key Requirements

  • •Strong engineering background in Systems Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
  • •Experience conducting assembly, integration and test of space payload flight hardware with performance characterization
  • •Deep understanding of professional optical test equipment, tools and methodologies
  • •Experience with advanced payload analyses and laboratory measurements including photon transfer, dark current, radiometry, responsivity, distortion mapping, boresight alignments, non-uniformity corrections, PSF, MTF
  • •Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Experience:SpaceDefenseAerospaceEOSpace systems
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ImageJPythonMATLABZemaxCode VLabsphereLeicaSORLInterferometer

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Secret

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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