The Senior Systems Engineer will lead capability development on Thunder, an autonomous attack rotorcraft, within the Maneuver Dominance team in London. The role focuses on owning the mission system architecture, ensuring subsystems integrate coherently, and driving systems engineering processes from requirements through verification. The engineer will shape design reviews, manage technical performance measures, and support ground and flight testing, operating in a lean, high-ownership culture.

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

Nice to have

Experience with open mission system architectures, for example PYRAMID, OMS/UCI, or STANAG 4586, and with modular open systems approaches more generally
Experience with mission systems integration across multiple platforms, including abstraction layers or payload development kits intended for reuse
Experience with SysML v2, and with requirements management tooling such as Jama, including automated generation of specification and traceability artefacts
Working knowledge of UK export control and security regimes, including the UK Military List, SPIRE and OGELs, F680, and the handling of classified and OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE material
Exposure to guidelines, standards and processes such as ARP-4754, ARP-4761, DO-178C, DO-254 desirable
Experience with UK defence standards relevant to air systems and stores, for example Def Stan 00-970 and Def Stan 00-56
Experience transitioning technology out of development and into a delivery programme or product line
Familiarity with rigorous Systems Engineering approaches such as OOSEM
Familiarity with reliability engineering, safety analysis, and failure mode analysis
INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional certification

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
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