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Anduril Industries

Tactical Network Engineer, Connected Warfare (Active Clearance)

Costa Mesa, California, United StatesFrom $194kfull-timemidAdded today

About this role

Anduril Industries seeks a Tactical Network Engineer to design and implement networking solutions for command-and-control and autonomous unmanned systems. You'll architect tactical communication stacks across OSI layers, lead cross-functional requirements, and conduct trade-off studies while maintaining security standards for distributed military operations.

What you'll do

  • Lead integration of emerging networking hardware and software into the Connected Warfare systems family
  • Decompose networking requirements across teams and design network configurations from complex design reference missions
  • Design, implement, deploy, and troubleshoot solutions across OSI Layers 1-4 with security-focused outcomes
  • Perform trade-off studies comparing communications and networking solutions, including government-provided technologies
  • Build benchmarking tools and analyze network traffic; develop recommendations for edge network reliability and throughput
  • Collaborate with software engineers to create modeling, simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop lab infrastructure

What they're looking for

  • Tactical LOS/BLOS RF systems and commercial mesh networking radios
  • Ad-hoc mesh networking, secure protocols (IPSec/MACSec), and software-defined networking
  • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), enterprise networking, and CI/CD tools
  • TCP/IP, DNS, routing protocols, and distributed systems fundamentals
  • Network modeling and simulation tools
  • Cybersecurity and cloud networking architecture
  • Electronic Warfare and spectrum management technologies
  • Empirical testing and engineering standards application
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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.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a complex networking problem you've solved involving multiple OSI layers—what trade-offs did you make and why?
  • Describe your experience designing or troubleshooting ad-hoc mesh networks in tactical or field environments.