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About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our London team and lead capability development on Thunder, an autonomous attack rotorcraft. You will bring pragmatic systems engineering thinking to complement and enhance the overall mission system capability, ensuring end-user needs are met in challenging operational environments. You will be part of a lean, high-ownership culture where you directly shape the product and operate at a velocity to fly new designs within months, not years.

Responsibilities

Execute a right-sized, Agile Systems Engineering approach as per the Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) for development of the Thunder Mission System and Payloads at the speed of relevance
Support design teams in the evolution and progress of Technical Performance Measures (TPMs) throughout the design process
Contribute to System Design Reviews (SDR) and engineering governance structures such as Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Safety Review Boards (SRB) representing the Systems Engineering discipline
Own and maintain Functional Decomposition, System Breakdown Structure (SBS), Product Breakdown Structure (PBS), and Architecture diagrams
Develop key Systems Engineering design artefacts including System Description Documents (SDDs) and Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
Champion the use of the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) to enable Mission System and Payload maturation
Shape the design of representative Hardware In Lab (HIL) and Hardware In The Loop (HITL) physical integration environments, and input into surrogate testing
Create issue board workflows and coordinate ticket triage, action assignment, artefact capture and closure
Shape and coordinate configuration and change management processes
Support wholistic Systems Safety and Airworthiness efforts
Support build, ground and flight test of prototype and production representative Thunder Mission Systems with Physical Configuration Audits (PCA) and verification-related tasks

Requirements

BEng/BSc/MEng in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a similar engineering field, or equivalent experience
8+ years industry Systems Engineering experience including safety-critical hardware and software systems in the Defence or Aerospace industries, specifically crewed aircraft, rotorcraft, EVTOL, UAS or weapon systems with a focus on Payload Integration, Vehicle Management Systems, GNC or Autonomy.
Demonstrable Systems Engineering proficiency, including solicitation of requirements with the customer/end-user, collaboration with design teams
Experience developing traditional and right-sized Systems Engineering artefacts, including pragmatic verification and validation plans
Deep understanding of the test and evaluation process as applicable to developmental, acceptance and operational testing
Experience with crewed or uncrewed developmental autonomous aircraft (Group 5 UAS or larger)
Proficiency in coordinating change management processes
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills to include presentation of developed artefacts
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active UKSV Security Clearance

Skills

Payload Integration
Vehicle Management Systems
GNC
Autonomy
Systems Engineering
Agile Systems Engineering
Technical Performance Measures (TPMs)
System Design Reviews (SDR)
Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR)
Critical Design Reviews (CDR)
Test Readiness Reviews (TRR)
Safety Review Boards (SRB)
Functional Decomposition
System Breakdown Structure (SBS)
Product Breakdown Structure (PBS)
Architecture diagrams
System Description Documents (SDDs)
Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)
Hardware In Lab (HIL)
Hardware In The Loop (HITL)
Issue board workflows
Configuration management
Change management processes
Systems Safety
Airworthiness
Physical Configuration Audits (PCA)
Verification
open mission system architectures
PYRAMID
OMS/UCI
STANAG 4586
modular open systems approaches
mission systems integration
abstraction layers
payload development kits
SysML v2
requirements management tooling
Jama
automated generation of specification and traceability artefacts
UK export control
security regimes
UK Military List
SPIRE
OGELs
F680
handling of classified and OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE material
ARP-4754
ARP-4761
DO-178C
DO-254
Def Stan 00-970
Def Stan 00-56
transitioning technology
delivery programme
product line
OOSEM
reliability engineering
safety analysis
failure mode analysis
INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional certification

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
8+ years industry Systems Engineering experience

Education Level

BEng/BSc/MEng in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a similar engineering field, or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.

Benefits

Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
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About the Company

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.

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