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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.
About Anduril
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.
About the Role
Mission Systems builds the sensing, imaging, and electronic warfare capabilities behind Anduril's products, across Electronic Warfare, Imaging, and Battlespace Awareness (Radar), along with the production teams that build them at scale. Our engineering organizations are growing quickly, and the people who lead them are the biggest lever on whether we deliver.
As the Leadership Recruiter on the Mission Systems Talent Acquisition team, you will own the hiring of our people leaders and senior technical leaders across the business area. You will work directly with General Managers, VPs, and Directors to define what great leadership looks like for each product line, then go find those people, most of whom are not looking, and bring them in. This is a high-touch, high-ownership role that sits alongside our program recruiters. You will own the searches that are too sensitive, too senior, or too specialized for a standard requisition process.
This role will be hybrid.
What You'll Do
- Own end-to-end searches for Directors, Senior Managers, and Managers (PL track), plus Principal-level and Staff-plus individual contributors (IC5+), across Mission Systems engineering and production.
- Partner with GMs, VPs, and engineering leaders as a talent advisor on org design, leadership gaps, role scoping, leveling, and the realities of the market for RF, EO/IR, EW, radar, systems, and manufacturing leaders.
- Map the market and build talent intelligence: target companies, org structures, and leaders at primes, defense-tech peers, national labs, and commercial sensing and aerospace companies, and track who is movable and why.
- Run proactive, personalized outreach to passive leaders using executive networking, referrals, warm introductions, and advanced sourcing in Gem and LinkedIn Recruiter.
- Deliver a white-glove candidate experience from first conversation through onboarding, including managing confidential searches and sitting-leader candidates with discretion.
- Design, negotiate, and close senior offers, including base, equity, sign-on, and relocation, working with the People Business Partner and Compensation on leveling, band exceptions, and above-band approvals.
- Calibrate leadership interview loops: select and prep interviewers, drive structured assessment of leadership capability, technical depth, and culture fit, and run clear debriefs.
- Report on pipeline health, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, and market trends to Mission Systems leadership, segmenting cleared and uncleared searches. Keep Greenhouse as the source of truth.
- Work closely with program recruiters so leadership hiring and team-building hiring support each other, and share what you learn about the market and candidate sentiment.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of recruiting experience, with 3+ years focused on leadership, director-level, or principal-level technical search (in-house or at a retained or executive search firm).
- Track record of hiring engineering leaders (Managers, Directors, VPs) in complex hardware or systems domains such as RF/radar, EW, optics and imaging, sensors, aerospace, or manufacturing engineering.
- Experience advising senior stakeholders (GM, VP, or executive level) on hiring strategy and market realities, including pushing back constructively.
- Working knowledge of senior compensation, including equity, vesting, and complex offer negotiation against competing offers from primes and large tech companies.
- Strong assessment skills for leadership capability, strategic thinking, and technical depth.
- Clear, professional, discreet communication, with the ability to build rapport quickly with senior candidates and to run confidential searches.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
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:
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.
To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
- Please always verify communications:
- Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.
- Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to contact@anduril.com.
Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.
Data Privacy
To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.
By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.
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.
About Anduril
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.
About the Role
Mission Systems builds the sensing, imaging, and electronic warfare capabilities behind Anduril's products, across Electronic Warfare, Imaging, and Battlespace Awareness (Radar), along with the production teams that build them at scale. Our engineering organizations are growing quickly, and the people who lead them are the biggest lever on whether we deliver.
As the Leadership Recruiter on the Mission Systems Talent Acquisition team, you will own the hiring of our people leaders and senior technical leaders across the business area. You will work directly with General Managers, VPs, and Directors to define what great leadership looks like for each product line, then go find those people, most of whom are not looking, and bring them in. This is a high-touch, high-ownership role that sits alongside our program recruiters. You will own the searches that are too sensitive, too senior, or too specialized for a standard requisition process.
This role will be hybrid.
What You'll Do
- Own end-to-end searches for Directors, Senior Managers, and Managers (PL track), plus Principal-level and Staff-plus individual contributors (IC5+), across Mission Systems engineering and production.
- Partner with GMs, VPs, and engineering leaders as a talent advisor on org design, leadership gaps, role scoping, leveling, and the realities of the market for RF, EO/IR, EW, radar, systems, and manufacturing leaders.
- Map the market and build talent intelligence: target companies, org structures, and leaders at primes, defense-tech peers, national labs, and commercial sensing and aerospace companies, and track who is movable and why.
- Run proactive, personalized outreach to passive leaders using executive networking, referrals, warm introductions, and advanced sourcing in Gem and LinkedIn Recruiter.
- Deliver a white-glove candidate experience from first conversation through onboarding, including managing confidential searches and sitting-leader candidates with discretion.
- Design, negotiate, and close senior offers, including base, equity, sign-on, and relocation, working with the People Business Partner and Compensation on leveling, band exceptions, and above-band approvals.
- Calibrate leadership interview loops: select and prep interviewers, drive structured assessment of leadership capability, technical depth, and culture fit, and run clear debriefs.
- Report on pipeline health, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, and market trends to Mission Systems leadership, segmenting cleared and uncleared searches. Keep Greenhouse as the source of truth.
- Work closely with program recruiters so leadership hiring and team-building hiring support each other, and share what you learn about the market and candidate sentiment.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of recruiting experience, with 3+ years focused on leadership, director-level, or principal-level technical search (in-house or at a retained or executive search firm).
- Track record of hiring engineering leaders (Managers, Directors, VPs) in complex hardware or systems domains such as RF/radar, EW, optics and imaging, sensors, aerospace, or manufacturing engineering.
- Experience advising senior stakeholders (GM, VP, or executive level) on hiring strategy and market realities, including pushing back constructively.
- Working knowledge of senior compensation, including equity, vesting, and complex offer negotiation against competing offers from primes and large tech companies.
- Strong assessment skills for leadership capability, strategic thinking, and technical depth.
- Clear, professional, discreet communication, with the ability to build rapport quickly with senior candidates and to run confidential searches.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
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:
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.
To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
- Please always verify communications:
- Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.
- Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to contact@anduril.com.
Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to contact@anduril.com. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.
Data Privacy
To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.
By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.
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Who's Hiring
- Sargent & Lundy25
- Northrop Grumman16
- BAE Systems USA14
- L3Harris9
- SpaceX7
Top Industries Hiring
- Aerospace & Defense
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in mission systems engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field
- Active or adjudicated DoD security clearance, commonly Secret or Top Secret
- Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering tools such as Cameo or Rhapsody
- Proficiency in requirements management tools including DOORS or JAMA
- Familiarity with MIL-STD, DoDAF, or other defense architecture frameworks
- Experience supporting systems integration, test, and verification activities on government programs
Tips for Your Mission Systems Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to Model-Based Systems Engineering
Hiring managers for mission systems roles scan for MBSE tools like Cameo, Rhapsody, or DOORS. List the specific tool and project context, not just 'systems engineering experience,' so your resume clears automated screening for defense contracts.
Get your security clearance status visible
Many mission systems engineer postings require an active or adjudicated clearance. Put your clearance level and date in your resume header, not buried in a skills section. Cleared candidates often skip screening rounds entirely.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists mission systems engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target programs by lifecycle phase
Mission systems roles differ sharply between concept development, EMD, and sustainment phases. Filter openings by program phase when possible, and in your cover note, name the phase you have the most experience in to stand out against generalist applicants.
Prepare for model-based technical interviews
Expect interviewers to walk through a system architecture problem on a whiteboard or shared screen. Practice decomposing a mission need into functional requirements, allocating them to subsystems, and identifying interface control issues you'd flag for a CDR.
Negotiate against your clearance and program fit
Defense contractors price offers partly on how quickly you can contribute to a specific contract. If you hold a TS/SCI or have direct experience with the program vehicle, name that in your negotiation. It's a concrete cost-avoidance argument for the hiring manager.
Mission Systems Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most mission systems engineers?
Sargent & Lundy, Northrop Grumman, and BAE Systems USA are hiring the most mission systems engineers right now, with openings concentrated in California, Colorado, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Most openings are tied to active DoD program contracts, so hiring volume shifts as new awards are announced.
How many mission systems engineer jobs are remote?
About 59% of mission systems engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the share varies significantly by program and clearance requirements. Requirements and architecture work tends to offer more remote flexibility, while integration, test, and lab-based roles almost always require on-site presence at a government facility or contractor lab.
How do you become a mission systems engineer?
Start with a bachelor's degree in systems, electrical, aerospace, or computer engineering, then gain early experience on a defense or government program in a systems integration, test, or requirements role. Pursue an INCOSE CSEP certification once you have relevant experience, build familiarity with MBSE tools through coursework or on-the-job use, and work toward obtaining a DoD security clearance through an employer-sponsored adjudication.
Can you get a mission systems engineer job with limited experience?
Yes, many defense primes and mid-tier contractors hire associate or junior mission systems engineers directly from degree programs, particularly those with internship or co-op experience on a government contract. Highlighting academic capstone projects that involved requirements decomposition, interface definition, or V-model testing, alongside any lab or systems integration work, can substitute for professional program experience early in your career.
What does the mission systems engineer interview process look like?
Most processes include an initial recruiter screen, a technical phone interview covering systems engineering fundamentals and your tool experience, and a final-round panel with lead engineers or a program manager. Expect at least one scenario-based question asking you to walk through how you'd handle a requirements conflict or interface discrepancy between subsystems. Some employers add a written take-home systems architecture exercise before the panel stage.
Where can I find and apply to mission systems engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to mission systems engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your clearance level, program experience, and preferred location, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background.
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