Deputy Chief Engineer, Discovery
Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States; Waltham, Massachusetts, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United States
About this role
**Anduril Industries — Deputy Chief Engineer, Discovery** ## About Anduril Anduril is a defense technology company on a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by **Lattice OS**, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a real-time, 3D command and control center. ## About the Team (Discovery) **Discovery** is Anduril’s team for hard concepts—those that are not yet proven or built. We take the newest and hardest problems across **space, missiles, air, sensors, autonomy, and cyber**, decide what’s worth building, and prove it out by building models, breaking assumptions, running tests, and carrying what works to the point where a program can pick it up. We work closely with hardware and software engineering teams across the company. ## About the Job As **Deputy Chief Engineer in Discovery**, you lead the technical work on concepts nobody has proven—often several at once. You learn the domain quickly and build the artifact that tests the concept: **prototype, test article, or demonstration**. You are the technical authority for the concepts you own—setting the approach, reviewing the work, and deciding (based on evidence) which concepts continue and which stop. This is a **hands-on technical leadership** role across internally and externally funded programs within Anduril’s Discovery Business Line, on operationally relevant timelines. ## What You’ll Do - Own new concepts from first idea through analysis, prototype, and test—driving them to a validated answer - Learn new domains fast enough to do real work: read references, build models, check against known results, then extend - Build or adapt models, simulations, and test setups using existing tools where they fit (and building where they don’t) - Pressure-test your own and others’ work: hunt failure modes, surface hidden assumptions, and stress trade studies before decisions are locked in - Use AI tools as a force multiplier for research, code, and analysis—and know when outputs must be checked against references - Work shoulder-to-shoulder with Hardware, Software, GNC, and other teams; translate results into design decisions - Communicate results to engineers, leadership, and customers, including strong visual presentation of complex data ## Required Qualifications - Active **U.S. Top Secret** security clearance (and ability to maintain it) - Demonstrated experience working in more than one technical area - Experience designing, building, testing, or fielding something real in any field - Proficiency in at least one physics-math scripting environment (e.g., **Python (numpy/scipy), MATLAB/Simulink, Julia**, or similar) - Strong written, verbal, and visual communication ## Preferred Qualifications - **12+ years** in a relevant science/engineering field - Math, physics, or engineering degree (or similar) - Proficiency with AI tools (coding assistants, agents, model-driven research) and judgment about when to trust outputs - Experience in several areas such as: space systems, missiles/missile defense, air vehicles, GNC, sensors/sensor fusion, radar, EW, acoustics, autonomy, or similar (breadth over depth) - Familiarity with domain analysis tools (e.g., **STK/Astrogator, AFSIM, HFSS, Fluent**, or similar) ## Compensation (US) **$191,000 — $253,000 USD** (base salary estimate; equity and benefits may be included depending on offer) ## Benefits Anduril offers a comprehen
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