Senior Technical Program Manager, Connected Warfare with Security Clearance
Anduril Industries Seattle
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 Our Edge Compute and Communications business line, within the Connected Warfare division, delivers robust, high-performance computing and secure communications solutions directly at the tactical edge.By processing data in real-time and enabling decentralized decision-making, we empower warfighters with actionable intelligence, rapid connectivity, and unparalleled situational awareness in challenging environments.
Connected Warfare is one of Anduril's Business Lines focused on building a next-gen software-defined distributed C2 architecture focused on orchestrating and automating 3rd party combat-fielded sensors and strike-networks for synchronized joint operations.
We work with mission partners and operators to deploy reliable and robust capabilities on operationally-relevant fielding timelines to meet complex challenges across the DOD and IC.ABOUT THE JOB We're seeking a Technical Program Manager to ensure interoperability and integration of our software and hardware across our Menace product line.
You will also have the opportunity to work on net new products, ideating on prototypes and take to market strategies.
This role requires a unique blend of technical expertise, program management experience, customer focus, and an understanding of the defense sector and military systems.
You will work closely with engineering, product, business, and government stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions that meet the needs of our customers and partners.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Able to inspire, influence and drive the engineering execution of multiple teams.
- Effectively communicate within engineering teams, manipulating PM tools (e.g.
Generate and speak to planning artifacts and high-level engineering artifacts for multiple teams.
Succinctly message progress, risks, and mitigations to team-adjacent leadership/stakeholders- Understand the architecture and positively influence engineering decisions of multiple products or functional areas.
SW, HW, T&E, Product)
- Act in a leadership role for the team and coordinate closely with leaders or cross-functional stakeholders.
- Discover inefficiencies in team operations and develop durable solutions to improve the day-to-day life of developers.
- Routinely engage with external stakeholders to surface and clarify pain points and solve problems related to operating prototypes.
- Regularly assist and teach other engineers, act as legacy SME
- Keep up to date with industry technologies and identify technologies that would be applicable to defense problems REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum 5 years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer for a commercial technology or aerospace and defense company
- Strong technical background with familiarity in systems engineering, software development, networking, and hardware engineering
- Experience shepherding complex technical projects from concept to prototype to full-rate production
- Ability to work within organizations with minimal structure and with minimal direction
- Proven client-facing technical program management and/or systems engineering experience
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical issues into business-impact insights
- Experience with Agile methodology
- Exceptional organizational and communication skills
- Willingness to travel as needed (up to 30%)
- Active U.S.
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics
- 3+ years experience designing and developing software
- PMP Certification
- Experience in UX design or related field with a focus on complex systems or products.
- Proven track record in designing and implementing best practices that drive operational efficiency and sustainable growth
- Familiarity with a defense acquisition processes, compliance, and reporting requirements
- Strong technical, analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions
- Active U.S.
- $220,000 USD The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only.
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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