Tactical Network Engineer

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.

The Test Engineering team works across the entire spectrum of products ranging from Altius, Lattice, Ghost UAS, Sentry Tower, cUAS and our other platforms. Our team conducts full system level development testing, new aircraft development, sub-component qualification testing and much more. In short, if it involves test we support it. If you are interested in working in an extremely innovative and fast paced environment, where your work directly makes an impact and difference in the products that are fielded this a fantastic opportunity.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
We are hiring a Tactical Networking Engineer to lead the design and implementation of a networking stack to enable command and control (C2) and collaborative autonomy of distributed unmanned systems.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement, deploy, and troubleshoot networking solutions focused on Layer-1 (Physical), Layer-2 (Data), Layer-3 (Network), and Layer-4 (Transport) of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model
• Design network lay-downs and configurations decomposed from complex design reference missions (DRMs) involving large scale unmanned systems and forward-deployed C2 systems.
• Build robust tooling for benchmarking and analyzing network traffic
• Engage with stakeholders on a regular basis
• Analyze test network infrastructure, develop recommendations, and implement improvements for network reliability and throughput for edge network
• Build Link Budgets, Network Diagrams, Terrain Analysis reports, and Configuration files for Anduril subsystems and C2 network components.
• Analyze and optimize Radio Frequency (RF) configurations and network architecture to provide scalable solutions to our customers.
• Adapt standard Anduril product offerings to a specific customer use case. Provide input and guidance on implementation of ALTIUS to meet mission requirements.
• Generate new applications of our products for customers by collaborating with end users, vendors, and the internal product development team.
• Provide technical support for customers to create awareness of more advanced features of Anduril’s products to accomplish complex use cases.
• Travel to various test sites and ranges to conduct flight operations
• Work with multiple internal organizations to plan test events and contribute to successful execution of those test events
• Become subject matter expert (SME) on Anduril UAV products

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with networking protocols and technologies, including:
• Ad-hoc mesh networking
• Secure communication protocols - IPSec / MACSec
• Software-Defined Networking / SD-WANs
• Internet protocols - TCP/IP, DNS, etc.
• Routing protocols (small and large scale - e.g. mesh routing as well as internet-scale routing across autonomous systems)
• Strong understanding of IP data including addressing schemes, IP switches/router interface, gateway functionality, TCP/UDP protocols and the best methods for transfer over data pipe.
• Expertise in tactical LOS and BLOS RF systems in multiple environments and between multiple platforms.
• SatCom
• VHF + UHF
• LPI/LPD and anti-jamming
• MIMO
• Antenna theory
• In-depth understanding of Military and Public Safety tactical network infrastructure. Demonstrated familiarity with wideband networked military and commercial communication products and government contracting.
• Basic understanding of cloud compute concepts and mobile device management.
• Ability to seamlessly integrate communications products with other customer systems and maximize network performance. Knowledge of electrical and mechanical integration for when customers decide they want to integrate our products into various vehicles.
• Ability to understand complex communication and engineering concepts and explain them to customers in simple, understandable ways.
• Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and fix network performance issues through monitoring and troubles