Tactical Networking Engineer

Irvine · Irvine, CA (OC-62) · USD 112,000-149,000 · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026

At a glance

Anduril Industries is hiring a Tactical Networking Engineer to lead the design and implementation of a networking stack enabling command and control (C2) and collaborative autonomy of distributed unmanned systems.
The Air Defense team builds mission-critical networked sensors and effectors to rapidly close the kill chain against Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) threats in challenging operational environments worldwide.

Design, implement, deploy, and troubleshoot 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
Perform trade-off studies of different comms and networking solutions including government provided technologies
Design network laydowns and configurations decomposed from complex design reference missions (DRMs) involving large scale unmanned systems and forward-deployed C2 systems
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

Expertise in tactical LOS and BLOS RF systems especially in maritime environment for ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore comms
SatCom
VHF + UHF
LPI/LPD and anti-jamming
MIMO
Antenna theory
Experience with networking protocols and technologies, including ad-hoc mesh networking, secure communication protocols - IPSec / MACSec, Software-Defined Networking / SD-WANs, Internet protocols - TCP/IP, DNS, etc., and routing protocols
Must be willing to travel for test field events up to 25%
Eligible to obtain and hold a DoD security clearance