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Systems Engineering Manager, Mission Autonomy

Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, CA

Level
Manager
Team
Manufacturing
Experience asked
10+ years
Industry
Aerospace & defense
Posted
16 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A management manufacturing role at Anduril Industries (aerospace & defense) in Costa Mesa, CA. Build a team with deep understanding of Anduril platforms, autonomy, simulation, and perception products through the creation and maintenance of systems engineering artifacts.

They ask for
10+ years
Tools it names
Automation

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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026

Manufacturing Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $114k–$167k.

Median of the low and high ends of 117 live postings that list pay, out of 320 manufacturing engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 319 other live manufacturing postings in California.

Base pay
Not listed in this posting

Typical $111k–$157k, from 105 postings that list pay.

Experience asked
More than usual (10+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Tooling 53%
  • New product launch 51%
  • Root cause 40%
  • ✓ Automation 35%
  • Machining 29%
  • CATIA / NX 29%

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Requirements

Based Testing artifacts which will be used in support of product development, delivery, and sustainment of advanced mission autonomy systems.

Required qualifications

  • ✓B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, computer science or similar engineering or technical field
  • ✓10+ years Systems Engineering Experience across the life cycle.
  • ✓Demonstrated ability developing autonomy solutions for commercial or defense applications
  • ✓Demonstrated ability integrating and testing autonomy solutions as part of higher level vehicle behavior
  • ✓Demonstrated ability with requirements-based testing frameworks
  • ✓Experience managing multiple teams up to 15 engineers
  • ✓Experience designing systems using MBSE methods in SysML
  • ✓Outstanding communication skills to include presentation of developed artifacts
  • ✓Experience with software development and associated tools/infrastructure (Github, CI/CD pipelines, etc)
  • ✓Experience advocating for systems engineering practices in adverse or indifferent internal work environments
  • ✓Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred qualifications

  • ✓Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
  • ✓Experience defining or implementing Mission Autonomy behaviors through UCI
  • ✓Experience with automation in Cameo or Python relevant to Systems Engineering use cases

$191,000 — $253,000 USD

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

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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

We are working on cutting-edge autonomous airpower systems that need to operate in the most demanding environments. To support our development and deployment tasks, we are building a Systems Engineering team to guide Digital Engineering strategy and complement our Mission Software Engineering, Product Engineering, and Business Development teams. This team will provide Model Based Systems Engineering and

What you’ll do

  • •Mange the Anduril Group 5 Mission Autonomy Systems Engineering homeroom
  • •Own Group 5 Mission Autonomy business outcomes
  • •Advocate for systems engineering rigor in a high-paced software engineering environment
  • •Collaborate with other systems engineering and software engineering leads
  • •Develop systems engineering frameworks and processes that streamline artifact delivery across multiple programs
  • •Build a team with deep understanding of Anduril platforms, autonomy, simulation, and perception products through the creation and maintenance of systems engineering artifacts

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