Senior Principal Chief Engineer

Anduril
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 292,000 - 386,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Collaboration","Troubleshooting","Culture building"]

Lead spacecraft and space-system architecture across mission design, payload conceptual development, and integration/testing life cycles. Manage tactical engineering efforts across multidisciplinary engineering and test teams, creating subsystem test plans and supporting vehicle-level acceptance. Drive interface control development for complex payload integration, support build/benchtop testing and launch-site/on-orbit operations, and mentor engineers in small spacecraft design and test.

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Senior Principal Chief Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead spacecraft and space-system architecture across mission design, payload conceptual development, and integration/testing life cycles. Manage tactical engineering efforts across multidisciplinary engineering and test teams, creating subsystem test plans and supporting vehicle-level acceptance. Drive interface control development for complex payload integration, support build/benchtop testing and launch-site/on-orbit operations, and mentor engineers in small spacecraft design and test.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design spacecraft and space system architectures, including conceptual designs of missions and payloads.
  • •Manage tactical engineering efforts and interface across multidisciplinary engineering and test disciplines.
  • •Draft and develop subsystem test plans and support vehicle-level acceptance testing.
  • •Develop interface controls for partners/customers for hardware, systems, and electrical integration of complex payloads.
  • •Support build and benchtop testing, integration/testing/delivery/operations, participate in design reviews, and conduct hands-on spacecraft testing with occasional travel.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 292,000 - 386,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •25+ years designing spacecraft and spacecraft subsystems and participating in integration and operation campaigns, with specialty in electrical, mechanical, software, or systems engineering.
  • •10+ years designing spacecraft system architectures and 10+ years leading a team of engineers to implement and deliver space flight hardware.
  • •Demonstrated experience with conceptual design and progressing from clean sheet design to functioning hardware.
  • •Hands-on build and prototyping experience with spacecraft systems, including electronics troubleshooting and use of basic test equipment.
  • •Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Experience:Space
Skills:LeadershipMentoringCollaborationTroubleshootingCulture building
Languages:English

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Security Clearance:U.S. Top 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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