
Early Career RF Mission Systems Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike
Costa Mesa, CAJob$120–153K/yrPosted todayStill listed today
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Job overview
The Mission Systems Integration Engineer integrates and tests RF payloads, subcomponents, amplifiers, and antennas in lab and field settings. The role develops test setups, supports flight tests and customer-facing validation, and works across internal teams to integrate capabilities. It requires RF systems expertise and hands-on testing experience; experience with air vehicle integration, automated testing, and simulation tools is preferred.
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Full job description
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.
As a Mission Systems Integration Engineer, you will be responsible for both lab & field integration and test of payloads, subcomponents, amplifiers, and antennas. You will leverage your expertise in electronics/RF design, testing, and troubleshooting to rapidly test & integrate both internal and third-party built RF systems. You will develop test set-ups that allow for the validation of device performance using state-of-the-art RF equipment, such as spectrum and network analyzers. You will support flight test events and large-scale, customer facing validation exercises. This will require taking ownership of end to end system test and working across various Anduril internal teams to appropriately integrate capabilities. If you are someone who enjoys building and delivering compelling next-generation autonomous capabilities and supporting actual vehicle integration, then this role is for you.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
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Test RF systems (power measurements, pulse response/synchronization, network analysis, environmental & stress testing, etc.)
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Drive air vehicle integration and checkout efforts (EMI/interference testing, installed performance testing, data analysis)
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Validate system performance in close cooperation with design & system engineers
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Work closely with AD&S teams to successfully integrate & deliver high-performance systems to our customers
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Communicate results in multiple forms internally and externally
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
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Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Physics, Computer Science, or other relevant engineering discipline)
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Currently possesses or is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
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Communications, sensors, and effector domain expertise in RF based systems (e.g. Radar, ESM, EW, etc.)
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Hands-on experience with RF test equipment and measurement techniques
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Experience in RF system integration and validation, the more the better
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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Masters Degree in STEM (Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Physics, Computer Science, or other relevant engineering discipline)
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Hands-on experience with both analog and digital systems integration.
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Ability to develop SW to enable closed-loop or automated testing of systems under test
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Experience with simulation and modeling tools (e.g., ADS, Ansys HFSS, COMSOL, MATLAB, etc.)
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Advanced sensing domain experience (e.g., EO/IR, ESM, EA, EW, LIDAR)
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Experience with air vehicle design, integration, test, & fielding
US Salary Range $120,000—$153,000 USD
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.
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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.
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How this job compares
Set against the 730 open RF Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$120–153K/yr
- California median$148–202K/yr172 salary ranges
- US median$125–195K/yr515 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $137K, is 23% below the California median midpoint ($178K) — in the lowest quarter of RF Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 224 open RF Engineer jobs in California and 730 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- RF Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (620 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 451 of the 730 open RF Engineer jobs (62%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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