Senior Mission Network Engineer, Connected Warfare
Content + Source + Freshness • 16 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value level due to strong employer brand, competitive compensation, and critical role in advanced military technology projects.
- Competitive salary: $132,000–$198,000/year
- Involvement in innovative military technology
- Strong growth and development opportunities
- Requires significant industry experience
Pros
- Competitive salary range ($132,000–$198,000/year) with potential for equity grants
- Engagement in innovative defense technology projects
- Opportunities for professional development and impact in military applications
Cons
- High experience requirements (7+ years in relevant fields)
- Possible travel (up to 25%) for field events
- Intense work environments due to project complexities
Who it's for
Senior / Lead • On-site with occasional travel
Good fit
- Senior engineers in network and cybersecurity
- Innovators excited about defense technology
- Individuals eager to work on collaborative, high-impact projects
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates without relevant experience
- Those seeking a fully remote position
- Professionals uncomfortable with high levels of ambiguity and challenges
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
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.
About the Team
From paper sketches to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers, hardware engineers, mechatronics, and front-end mobile developers who are excited about creating a powerful robotics platform that can be tasked and viewed in real-time through a variety of interfaces, both Anduril designed and third party integrations.
ABOUT THE JOB
We are hiring a Systems Engineer with networking and cybersecurity experience to lead the design and implementation of a networking stack to enable command and control (C2) and collaborative autonomy of distributed unmanned systems.
- Lead the integration of emerging networking capabilities, bringing new hardware and software products into the family of systems
- Lead networking requirements decomposition across cross-functional teams, defining success in the face of ambiguity
- Design network laydowns and configurations decomposed from complex design reference missions (DRMs) involving large scale unmanned systems and forward-deployed C2 systems
- Design, implement, deploy, and troubleshoot system networking solutions focused on Layer-1 (Physical), Layer-2 (Data), Layer-3 (Network), and Layer-4 (Transport) of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model, and that meet and exceed industry-standard security goals
- Own systems end to end with the ability to identify and solve networking problems between the seams, scrutinize system performance, make tradeoffs, and deliver an outcome
- Perform trade-off studies of different comms and networking solutions including government provided technologies
- Build robust tooling for benchmarking and analyzing network traffic
- Analyze test network infrastructure, develop recommendations, and implement improvements for network reliability and throughput for edge network
- Collaborate extensively with software engineers to build a representative modeling and simulation environment including hardware-in-the-loop lab infrastructure
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Understanding of empirical testing criteria leveraging both quantitative and qualitative criteria for trade study and hardware/software analysis.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the application of engineering standards into engineering processes or requirements
- 7+ years of experience with industry standard cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), Enterprise network technologies, CI/CD tools, and software infrastructure fundamentals (networking, security, distributed systems).
- Expertise in tactical LOS and BLOS RF systems
- Experience with ad-hoc mesh networking, secure communication protocols (IPSec/MACSec, etc), software-defined networking, internet protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, etc), and routing protocols
- Demonstrated experience collaborating across cross-functional teams.
- Comfortable working with ambiguity, evolving priorities, and challenging problems
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Experience with commercial mesh networking radios
- Must be willing to travel for test field events up to 25%
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Active clearance status
- Experience with network modeling and simulation tools and frameworks
- Expertise in these specific tactical ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore comms
- SatCom
- VHF + UHF
- LPI/LPD and anti-jamming
- MIMO
- Antenna theory
- Expertise in Cloud Networking
- Expertise in Cybersecurity
- Experience with electronic warfare (EW) technologies
- Experience with spectrum management and deconfliction
- 5+ years experience with programming languages such as Python, C/C++, or Rust for analysis and simulation
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:
Healthcare Benefits
- US Roles: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
- UK & AUS Roles: We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
- IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.
Additional Benefits
- Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
- Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
- Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available.
- Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development
- Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
- Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.
Retirement Savings Plan
- US Roles: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
- UK & IE Roles: Pension plan with employer match.
- AUS Roles: Superannuation plan.
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