Project Manager, Omen

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Maneuver Dominance Engineering : Program Management

Project Manager for Anduril's Omen Program, an autonomous air vehicle. Responsibilities include managing manpower, supplier relationships, and improving engineering/manufacturing/test tracking systems. Requires experience in engineering program management and familiarity with agile task tracking. The role supports a complex global program focused on defense technology.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage manpower resources including forecasting, hiring, and labor reporting
  2. Work with Supply Chain to manage suppliers including onboarding, spend tracking, delivery schedules, and driving to no manufacturing down time due to part shortages.
  3. Develop a deep understanding of our engineering, manufacturing, and test tracking systems (JIRA, MRP, Airtable, Etc) and drive optimized utilization of the tools across the Omen team.
  4. Analyze best practices and develop ways to standardize and implement the best methods across the team.
  5. Assist in the documentation and standardization of business procedures and reporting protocols.

Skills

Required

  • 2-5 years of experience in an engineering program management role and/or systems engineering experience.
  • Ability to work closely and effectively with engineering teams, across a wide range of technical comfort.
  • Familiarity with JIRA or other agile task tracking methods.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong analytical aptitude and can intuitively think about problems in terms of numbers and data-models.
  • A reliable self-starter, highly organized, resourceful, with attention to detail.
  • Must be able to obtain a U.S. Secret Clearance.
  • Experience working with suppliers.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, computer science, or related field
  • Experience taking a product through prototyping and into initial low rate production.

What the JD emphasized

  • Must have the ability to work through ambiguity, roll up your sleeves attitude, and drive forward progress.