Chief Engineer, International Programs

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Air Dominance & Strike : Autonomous Airpower Engineering : Chief Engineering

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Chief Engineer for International Programs to lead the technical development and international market growth of their Fury product line. This role involves owning the technical solution space, establishing requirements, driving trade studies, and managing the prototyping, testing, and manufacturing of exportable aircraft. The candidate will also be responsible for building and leading a technical team, developing budgets and schedules, and recruiting talent. The company utilizes an AI-powered operating system called Lattice OS and focuses on autonomy, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will be the Technical Lead responsible for growing Anduril’s Fury product line international market.
  2. In this role you will work in close coordination with the Program Chief Engineer, Program Director, Anduril Growth, Export compliance, technical departments, US and Foreign Suppliers and US and Foreign government subject matter experts and senior leaders.
  3. You will lead development of program vision and strategies, employment CONOPs, alternate configurations, and the necessary engineering activities to support.
  4. Candidate will begin with a high level of individual contributor work to initiate a program.
  5. Develop staffing estimates, and work with functional engineering and operations teams to recruit top talent and integrate them into the team.

Skills

Required

  • Technical Lead experience
  • Product line growth experience
  • Aircraft design and development
  • Prototyping, testing, and manufacturing
  • Program management
  • Budgeting and scheduling
  • Team building and leadership
  • Recruiting top talent
  • Supplier and vendor management
  • Effective communication (written and verbal)
  • Customer interaction

Nice to have

  • Experience with defense technology
  • International market experience
  • Export compliance knowledge
  • Familiarity with US and Foreign government subject matter experts
  • Experience with AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology

What the JD emphasized

  • exportable Fury aircraft
  • exportable Fury systems
  • international market
  • technical development roadmaps
  • technical leader