As a Field Operations EngineerAs a Field Operations Engineer you will stand up, execute, and continuously improve Extra Large Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (XLAUV) field operations.
This role sits at the intersection of engineering, operations, and customer mission success - owning outcomes in the field and feeding insights back into product development.WHAT YOU'LL DOExecute AUV Field Operations - Operate and monitor AUVs in real-time, co‐coordinate launch and recovery evolutions, and execution of day‐to‐day operational activities.Support Mission Planning & Deployment Execution – Support deployment planning end‐to‐end, including mission route optimisation, operational risk considerations, and equipment readiness.
Identify, source, and kit required XLAUV support equipment to enable effective operations.Provide Technical Support – Deliver forward technical support across software and hardware systems, leading field maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and upgrades.Drive Continuous Improvement – Develop and refine SOPs, provide structured customer feedback into engineering, and contribute to the evolution of the XLAUV capability.Partner with the Customer – Support customer deployments, providing outstanding operating support and on the job training for customer users.WHAT WE LOOK FOROperational Ownership Mindset – You take responsibility for mission outcomes in complex, high‐consequence environments and thrive in ambiguous, fast‐moving field conditions.Systems Thinker – You understand how hardware, software, sensors, comms, and support equipment interact, and can diagnose issues across the full stack.Field-Ready Engineer – Comfortable working dockside, offshore, or in remote environments.
You are able to be the conduit between engineering and the customer to provide in‐field triages and fixes.Customer-Centric Operator – You build trust with stakeholders, communicate clearly, and translate operational feedback into actionable engineering insights.Process Builder – You don't just execute SOPs - you improve them.
You identify gaps, develop practical solutions, and raise the bar for safety, repeatability, and performance.REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONSDegree or equivalent experience in engineering, robotics, marine systems, mechatronics, electrical, mechanical, or a related field.Experience supporting autonomous systems, marine platforms, robotics, or complex fielded systems in operational environments.Demonstrated ability to perform diagnostics, repairs, system upgrades, and configuration management in field conditions.Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% of the time for field deployments, work irregular hours when required, and operate in maritime environments.Ability to obtain and maintain a NV2 security clearance.SalaryThe 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:BenefitsAnduril offers top‐tier benefits for full‐time employees, including health, recovery, and whatever comes next, available at little to no cost to employees.About BreakerThe way humans use robots is broken.
Modern problems demand more robots than we have operators.
Every drone, ground vehicle, and maritime system requires dedicated training, manual control, and constant oversight.
One operator per robot.
One pilot per mission.Breaker's AI agent breaks this constraint.
Our technology turns any robot into a truly autonomous, self‐organizing teammate.




Operators command and query teams of robots through natural language conversations over the push‐to‐talk radios they already carry – no laptops, no controllers, no additional gear.Instead of manually flying search patterns across three different screens, you say, "survey this area and flag anything unusual."
The robot team figures out how to divide the task, coordinate their movements, and report back what matters.We're fundamentally changing the operator‐to‐robot ratio.
Small teams become force multipliers.Our software deploys directly onboard each robot, enabling real‐time, intent‐driven control even in contested environments with limited bandwidth.
We're solving problems most AI companies never touch: sub‐second inference on edge hardware with strict latency, power, and connectivity constraints.We're backed by some of the best investors globally and growing our team across Austin, Texas, and Sydney, Australia.
We're a small team of experienced engineers moving fast on technology that will define how humans and machines work together for decades to come.Join us if you want to help build the robots we were promised.About the RoleBreaker's software is only as good as the robots it runs on — and getting those robots integrated, configured, and flying reliably is its own hard problem.
This role owns that problem.We've gone from one platform to five in a short space of time, with a growing collection of radios, datalinks, and edge compute to go with them.
Every one of those needs someone to bring it online: pull the recent release onto the airframe, reflash the companion computer, get the radio link stable, tune the platform until it flies the way it should, and then prove it in the field.
That is the core of this job.You will be hands‐on with the hardware, and you'll be in the terminal — reading logs, setting parameters, flashing images, and diagnosing whether the problem is the airframe, the link, or the software.
You don't need to be a software engineer, and you won't be writing production code or working in our autonomy stack.
But you do need to be genuinely comfortable around software, because integration work is where most of your time will go.On top of that, you'll own how we test: running simulation before we commit to a field day, planning and executing test campaigns, capturing clean data, triaging what comes back, and packaging bug reports the software team can actually act on.
You'll keep the workshop and hardware registry in a state where any deployment can leave on short notice.The natural progression from here is forward‐deployed engineering: travelling to support integrations, demos, and customers directly, in Australia and internationally.
If that's the career you want, this is the fastest route to it we can offer.Key ResponsibilitiesHardware and software integration
Bring new platforms, radios, datalinks, payloads, and companion computers online — flash software releases, configure and tune, and debug until the whole chain worksDiagnose issues across the hardware/software boundary: RF and link problems, sensor and comms configuration, flight parameter tuning, edge compute setupWork directly with the software team on integration blockers, and support new platform integrations alongside our mechatronics engineersField testing
Plan and run field testing campaigns end‐to‐end: prepare the gear, execute the test plan, capture clean data,



and run the post‐test debriefRun simulation (software‐in‐the‐loop) testing on a regular cadence - new releases and new CONOPs - to surface issues before they reach the fieldOffload and analyse field data, triage issues, and turn them into clear, reproducible bug reportsOperational ownership
Own the hardware registry and inventory, keeping the Sydney workshop organised and deployment‐ready (and supporting the Austin team as needed)Support demos and deployments in Australia and internationally with on‐site hardware, comms, and configuration supportBuild and maintain SOPs, operator manuals, test tooling, and field documentationAbout YouYou're early in your career, or a few years into it - this is not a senior role, and we care more about attitude, drive, and hands‐on ability than years on a CV.
Outstanding recent graduates are encouraged to apply, especially those who've cut their teeth on serious, competitive engineering projects.We're looking for someone who has actually built things and can talk about hard problems they've solved themselves.
The best people in this role are the ones who won't leave a flaky radio link or an unexplained log entry alone until they understand it.Highly Valued ExperienceStandout university project experience in a competitive, company‐like team (solar car, autonomous systems, robotics competition teams and similar)A mechatronics background, or any background where you've owned a system across hardware, firmware, and softwareA Remote Pilot Licence (RePL) and/or ReOC experience — if you don't have one, we'll help you get itExperience with RF, mesh radios, telemetry links, or military communicationsA defence or military background — especially hands‐on work with experimental hardware, UAS, or dronesField, deployment, or expedition experience in demanding environmentsExperience improving or extending simulation environments, and prior startup or scale‐up experienceWhy Join Us?
You'll be an owner, not a renter.
We're at the stage where foundational decisions are still being made and entire systems need to be built from scratch.
Your work won't be maintaining someone else's legacy - you'll be creating what comes next.
The problems you solve and the systems you build will define how Breaker scales.You'll work with people who've done this before.
Our team has shipped production robotics systems, scaled infrastructure, and solved the kind of hard integration problems that only come up when software meets the physical world.
You won't be the only person in the room who debugged a flaky radio link, provisioned a fleet of drones, or rescued a field test when the hardware fought back.You'll solve problems that don't exist anywhere else.
Most companies are building incremental improvements on established technology.
We're defining recent categories - which means the work is harder, more ambiguous, and infinitely more interesting.You'll work hard, together.
We're in the office every day, grinding on hard problems alongside great people.
We've built a workspace where the best work happens — access to hardware, quick decisions, real collaboration.
We're flexible when life requires it, but we're looking for people who want to show up, get stuck in, and build something significant with a team they respect.We're going global.
Backed by globally recognized investors, we're growing teams across Sydney, Australia and Austin, Texas.
This role sits on the path toward forward‐deployed work across regions - if you want that exposure, it exists here.You'll own what you build.
Generous equity packages mean when Breaker wins, you win.LocationCicada Innovations, Eveleigh, Sydney, Australia (National Innovation Centre).
Regular domestic travel for field testing, with occasional international travel for demos and deployments.
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