Staff Discovery EngineerActive$292K
The opportunity
Discovery is Anduril's team for the hard concepts: the ones that are not yet proven or built. We take the newest and hardest problems across space, missiles, air, sensors, autonomy, and cyber, decide what is worth building, and prove it out: we build the models, break the…
What you'll do
Own new concepts from first idea through analysis, prototype, and test, and drive them to a validated answer
Learn new domains fast enough to do real work in them: read the references, build the model, check it against known results, then extend it
Build or adapt the models, simulations, and test setups the question needs,: using existing tools where they fit and building where they do not
Pressure-test your own and others' work: hunt failure modes, surface hidden assumptions, and stress trade studies before decisions are locked in
Use AI tools as a force multiplier for research, code, and analysis, and know: when their output has to be checked against a reference
Work shoulder to shoulder with Hardware, Software, GNC, and the other teams: at Anduril, and translate results into decisions that change the design
What they're looking for
- + years in a relevant science/engineering field
- Math, physics, or engineering degree, or similar
- Proficiency with AI tools (coding assistants, agents, model-driven research): in day-to-day engineering work, and judgment about when to trust their output
- Experience in several of: space systems, missiles and missile defense, air vehicles, GNC, sensors and sensor fusion, radar, EW, acoustics, autonomy, or similar. Breadth across these counts for more than depth in any one
- Familiarity with domain analysis tools as relevant (STK/Astrogator, AFSIM, HFSS, Fluent, or similar)