Senior Business Operations Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Business Operations

This role is for a Senior Business Operations Engineer at Anduril, a defense technology company. The role focuses on building and scaling operational software solutions that leverage data and AI to support the development and deployment of military systems, including collaborative combat aircraft and missiles. The engineer will develop test data infrastructure, fleet management systems, and production scaling tools, working closely with various engineering and operations teams. The position requires strong engineering fundamentals, coding experience (Python, SQL, React, TypeScript), data system exposure (dbt, Redshift, Looker/Tableau), and the ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Set project impact, prioritization and timelines
  2. Build and grow a team of engineers, lead by example, as we grow and scale our business and field operations
  3. Partner with senior leaders to bring structure, insight, and velocity to Anduril’s highest-priority operational challenges
  4. Embed with various engineers to understand their workflows and locate their critical problems and bottlenecks
  5. Identify, structure and leverage various data systems that enables us to build tailored data-driven solutions

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years experience in technical operating roles
  • Proof of delivery - you owned a project end-to-end from ambiguity to delivered, scaleable outcome
  • Leader - You’re skilled in leading through influence and diving into the details yourself but also have experience in building high-performing teams
  • Strong communicator - Demonstrated aptitude for strategic partnerships and communication with (non-)technical Stakeholders
  • Engineering fundamentals - Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or similar background
  • Coding experience - used python, SQL, react, typescript or equivalent
  • Data system exposure: dbt, Redshift, Looker/Tableau, Palantir Foundry
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Nice to have

  • You’re deeply intellectually interested in the intersection of analytics and the real, physical, atoms-based, hardware world and are motivated by Anduril’s mission
  • You’re energized by business impact & a self-starter: you’d rather build an imperfect solution quickly that is used by many people than a perfect solution that collects dust

What the JD emphasized

  • Proof of delivery - you owned a project end-to-end from ambiguity to delivered, scaleable outcome
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance