Anduril Industries
Systems Engineer, Electro Optical, Space
About this role
Anduril is seeking an Electro Optical Systems Engineer to develop and integrate advanced EO payloads for space-based military platforms. You'll manage payload design from concept through on-orbit operations, conducting hands-on optical testing and collaborating across engineering disciplines to deliver cutting-edge sensing capabilities.
What you'll do
- Design active and passive EO payloads and derive system-level requirements from concept through flight
- Perform hands-on characterization and calibration of optical flight hardware using specialized test equipment
- Develop test plans, procedures, and performance metrics for payload verification and validation
- Author Interface Control Documents and facilitate integration across mechanical, thermal, electrical, and software teams
- Define on-orbit calibration sequences and provide real-time engineering support during mission operations
- Train other engineers on optical laboratory equipment and testing methodologies
What they're looking for
- Optical systems engineering and payload design
- Optical test equipment operation (collimators, integrating spheres, interferometers, laser trackers)
- Advanced payload analysis (radiometry, photon transfer, MTF, PSF, boresight alignment)
- Systems engineering and requirements derivation
- Assembly, integration, and test of space hardware
- Cross-functional communication and technical documentation
- Knowledge of imaging sensors (CMOS, CCD, microbolometers, LiDAR)
- Calibration algorithm development
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience characterizing and calibrating optical payloads in a laboratory environment. What test equipment have you used, and can you describe a specific challenging measurement you performed?
- Describe your experience with electro-optical payload system engineering across the full lifecycle—from concept through on-orbit operations. What was your role in requirements derivation and design reviews?