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Senior Sensor Engineer

Anduril · Irvine, California, United States · On-site

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About Anduril

Anduril Industries builds advanced autonomous systems and defense technology to protect US and allied forces. Creating the future of national security through AI, robotics, and cutting-edge engineering. Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and a16z.

About the role

Every kill chain we close starts with multiple networked sensor modalities to identify threats far before we can see them. We are looking for a Senior Sensor Engineer to join our rapidly growing Air Defense team based in Irvine, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for integrating new sensor modalities into our family of systems: RF and radar front ends, electro-optical/infrared assemblies, acoustic arrays, and the detection hardware behind them. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of relevant experience and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
  • Demonstrated depth in multi-modal sensor architecture and sensor selection, with a working command of the detection physics that bounds each one
  • Ability to exercise high ownership over a complex system across design, integration, test, and production
  • Demonstrated experience specifying and verifying sensing performance quantitatively, including detection and false alarm characterization, range performance analysis, and validation of a model against measured data
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
More about this role

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.

Anduril’s Air Defense team builds autonomous robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky. This team is the nexus of premier Anduril-built products such as Roadrunner, Sentry, Anvil, Pulsar, and Wisp integrated into a software-enabled Air Defense family of systems tailored to the modern battlespace. At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, we provide critical force protection capabilities to support the warfighter. Our autonomous...

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