Senior Technical Program Manager, Connected Warfare

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Connected Warfare : Edge Compute & Communications Engineering : ECC NEXT

This role is for a Senior Technical Program Manager at Anduril Industries, a defense technology company. The focus is on ensuring interoperability and integration of software and hardware for the Menace product line, and working on new product ideation and go-to-market strategies. The role requires a blend of technical expertise, program management, customer focus, and defense sector understanding. The candidate will drive engineering execution, manage sprints, communicate progress, influence architectural decisions, build roadmaps, and engage with external stakeholders to deploy and support prototypes in the field.

What you'd actually do

  1. Able to inspire, influence and drive the engineering execution of multiple teams. Gain alignment within the team and regularly with other teams/stakeholders involved with the product/program
  2. Effectively communicate within engineering teams, manipulating PM tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence) to organize and run multiple teams' sprints/regular execution cadence and ensure the teams understand how their work connects to higher level milestones. 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
  3. Understand the architecture and positively influence engineering decisions of multiple products or functional areas. Able to engage with cross-functional teams (e.g. SW, HW, T&E, Product)
  4. Act in a leadership role for the team and coordinate closely with leaders or cross-functional stakeholders. Create clear understanding within the team, and with cross-functional stakeholders, about team and program goals/milestones
  5. Discover inefficiencies in team operations and develop durable solutions to improve the day-to-day life of developers. Build and manage 6-12 month roadmaps, creating clear milestones utilizing inputs from cross-functional stakeholders

Skills

Required

  • systems engineering
  • software development
  • networking
  • hardware engineering
  • Agile methodology
  • client-facing technical program management
  • systems engineering
  • organizational skills
  • communication skills

Nice to have

  • Computer Science
  • Software Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • software design
  • software development
  • PMP Certification
  • UX design
  • defense acquisition processes
  • compliance
  • reporting requirements
  • data and metrics analysis
  • Active U.S. Top Secret clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • Minimum 5 years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer for a commercial technology or aerospace and defense company
  • Proven client-facing technical program management and/or systems engineering experience
  • Active U.S. Secret clearance