Senior RF Communications Engineer, Space
Andurilindustries · Costa Mesa, California, United States · Posted Jul 3, 2026
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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 THE TEAM
Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners. We're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested war-fighting domain.
ABOUT THE JOB
As a RF Communications Engineer for our Space team, you will contribute to the design of all satellite communications subsystem to include but not limited to bus TT C, mission data links and inter-satellite links. You will be responsible for possessing deep knowledge on RF and optical systems to include link budget ownership, subsystem design and the integration of NSA approved Type 1 encryption. You will be responsible for authoring space to ground ICD’s and become familiar with Anduril’s ground software enterprise and orbital flight software systems. The Spacecraft Comms team will work closely with related teams, such as the spacecraft design, ground, and flight software, etc., to help improve both the ground and satellite-based capabilities but above all else will be responsible for the successful design, test and operations of the various communications links onboard Anduril’s fleet of spacecraft
This role is directly tied to ongoing, funded programs within Anduril’s Space Business Line. The programs require building and fielding a resilient, software-defined spacecraft systems across numerous mission threads. We work with mission partners and customers to deploy reliable and robust capabilities on operationally-relevant fielding timelines to meet complex challenges across the DOD and IC .
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Contribute to the spacecraft communications subsystems for various spacecraft programs in all orbital regimes
Integrate with legacy systems to unlock 21st-century capabilities.
Develop modern, software-defined approaches to autonomous spacecraft communications leveraging proliferated constellations of ground and space-based assets
Own space-to-ground and space-to-space ICDs and designs for communication subsystems
Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
Coordinate with end-users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints
Support challenging schedules during ground testing, launch windows and on-orbit operations of the spacecraft systems
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering degree
Experience conducting spacecraft operations and satellite command and control with an emphasis on system reliability and uptime
Flexible and agile problem solving skills
Working knowledge of and experience with MATLAB
Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements
Experience with RF subsystem design for space-space and space-ground in multiple orbital regimes
Experience with optical inter-satellite and optical space-ground systems
Capable of solving complex technical problems with little oversight
Clear communication and organizational skills including creating documentation and training materials
Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with Python, Go, C++ and/or Linux systems
A desire to work on critical software and hardware designs in the space domain
Experience testing comms subsystems in laboratory environments that mimic the space environmental constraints
Experience with testing/validation leveraging FlatSats, Hardware-in-the-Loop testbeds and digital spacecraft simulators through nominal and fault scenarios
Exposure to ground station operations and providers
Exposure to US satellite operations policy and constraints for relevant mission threads in all orbits
US Salary Range
$166,000 $220,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base…