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Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

UAV Operator - Maneuver Dominance

Aviation Operations & Aircraft MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCosta Mesa, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Extensive hands-on technical experience in field operations, manufacturing, or test.
  • Prior military or defense contractor experience as a manned or unmanned pilot/operator, network technician, or crew chief/maintainer in avionics, guidance, navigation and control, or electrical systems.
  • Understanding of flight operations, aircraft systems, and sensors.
  • Ability to solve problems in unstructured situations at the interface of hardware, software, and operations in pursuit of mission success.
  • Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams and external customers, and ability to collect differing opinions and reconcile them to reach agreement.
  • Experience performing data-driven root cause analysis on complex systems using logs as a source of truth.
  • Intermediate to advanced understanding and experience with computers, including comfort in a terminal environment, server management, and developing or interacting with programming languages such as Python, Rust, or MATLAB.
  • Intermediate to advanced experience with IP networking, network administration or design, and troubleshooting.
  • Intermediate to advanced experience with radios, including MANET, SATCOM, and backhaul systems.
  • Ability to train peers or customers on product operation.
  • Prior, operationally relevant deployment experience.
  • Willingness to travel up to 80%, including occasional deployments for up to two months at a time.
  • Ability to work extended hours as required.
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
  • Ability to meet health and medical requirements before deployments in accordance with DFARS 252.225-7040, DoDI 3020.41, and applicable regional or supporting-force requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a bridge between product engineering and deployed operations for autonomy-enabled UAVs.
  • Own dependencies to ensure Anduril capabilities achieve mission success in austere, remote environments.
  • Embed within an air vehicle development program and use operations and technical expertise to shape and deploy an effective, reliable solution.
  • Stand up forward-deployed operations in austere environments.
  • Ensure successful combat employment of Anduril products.
  • Shape the long-term sustainment of Anduril products.
  • Support development of vehicle autonomy through test events and customer demonstrations closer to home.

Desired Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Hands-on professional experience working with developmental weapon or missile systems on manned and/or unmanned aircraft.
  • Experience with autonomy, behavior trees, computer vision models, or multi-vehicle operation.
  • Experience with ground-based air defense systems, including sensors or effectors.
  • Experience with operations and maintenance of air-breathing propulsion systems.
  • Experience with aircraft or launch vehicle flight-line operations.
  • Experience with munitions storage and handling controls.

About the Company

Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Anduril builds autonomous weapons, such as drones, cruise missiles, and robot submarines, for the US military and its allies, often developing them with its own money before any order arrives. In 2024 it beat Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for an Air Force contract to develop Fury, a pilotless jet that flies alongside crewed fighters. Its Lattice software merges camera and radar feeds into one live map and lets a few operators direct many drones and weapons at once, including other companies' systems. Governments buy its systems under contract, and Anduril builds much of the hardware in its own factories. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey co-founded Anduril in 2017, and it is based in Costa Mesa, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Private
Total funding
$11.5B
Headquarters
Costa Mesa, CA
Founded
2017

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