Mission Systems Engineer, Antenna Lead
Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 200,000-253,000 · 2+ years experience · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 2+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
- Salary
- USD 200,000-253,000 · Base salary
About the role
- Anduril’s Air Dominance and Strike team is seeking a Mission Systems Engineer with an RF Aperture focus to join the team.
- The role involves delivering mission outcomes within Anduril programs through the judicious selection, sourcing, and validation of mission relevant payloads and systems.
Responsibilities
- Own RF payloads, existing or new, from concept through production as the architect.
- Select (either design or buy) antennas for payloads to integrate onto vehicles.
- Estimate installed antenna performance through simulation, then validate with chamber and/or free space radiating measurements.
- Perform co-site analysis of other installed RF systems through analysis and measurement.
- Conduct trades for communications, sensing, and effector systems to deliver successful mission outcomes working closely with the broader AD&S team
- Architect autonomous multi-function, multi-mode payload and system solution concepts, requirements, layout, interfaces, & employment
- Adapt or derive physics-based models of payload system performance working closely with subject matter experts
- Adapt or develop validated effects-based models for use in mission-level modeling & simulation tools
- Validate system performance in close cooperation with test & integration engineers
- Manage subcontractors and/or internal development teams to define subsystem requirements and drive technical performance on schedule
Requirements
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
- Experience with RF chamber measurements and network analyzers
- 2+ years experience with HFSS
- 2+ years in antenna design or integration
- 5+ years in relevant Science and/or Engineering related field
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of current and next-generation advanced communications, sensing, and effector systems and platforms
- Platform-level system trade and integration experience
- Advanced proficiency in analytical toolchains or languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python, C++, COMSOL, Ansys)
- Advanced communications experience (e.g., secure LPx line-of-sight, beyond line-of-sight, tactical data links)
- Advanced sensing domain experience (e.g., EO/IR, ESM, EA, EW, LIDAR)
- Experience with missile design & integration
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
Skills
- HFSS
- RF Chamber Measurements
- Network Analyzers
- MATLAB
- Python
- C++
- COMSOL
- Ansys
