Staff Technical Program Manager, Hardware Robotics, Air Dominance & Strike

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Program Management

This role is for a Staff Technical Program Manager focused on Hardware Robotics within the Air Dominance & Strike Division at Anduril Industries. The primary responsibility is to lead the development and deployment of defense technologies, manage programs across the contract lifecycle, and ensure successful delivery of products to the Department of Defense. The role requires a strong systems and engineering mindset, execution focus, and collaborative partnership with customers and internal teams. While the company utilizes AI and advanced technologies, this specific role is focused on program management and execution of complex technical systems, not direct AI/ML model development.

What you'd actually do

  1. In partnership with the Chief Engineer, own the development and deployment of Anduril’s Air Dominance & Strike technologies to meet the operational needs of the Department of Defense
  2. Develop strong, trusting relationships with Anduril’s DOD customers, ensuring we have tight feedback loops that enable us shape solutions, rapidly iterate, and ultimately field solutions faster
  3. Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from internal engineering, customers, and third party corporate partners to own successful delivery of outcomes on multiple programs simultaneously
  4. Monitor and manage program progress across cost, schedule, and resource allocation, making tradeoffs that enable us to deliver best-in-class solutions to our customers on-time and on-budget
  5. Develop and implement lightweight processes, tools, and metrics for program planning, scope management, risk management, and customer communication to enable Anduril to move rapidly

Skills

Required

  • Project management
  • Systems engineering
  • Technical program management
  • Hardware development
  • Robotics
  • Defense contracting
  • Customer relationship management
  • Risk management
  • Schedule management
  • Budget management
  • Top Secret security clearance

Nice to have

  • AI
  • Computer vision
  • Sensor fusion
  • Autonomy

What the JD emphasized

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • Minimum of 10 years experience managing the development of complex technical systems throughout the product lifecycle
  • Proven track record of successfully managing complex, multi-million-dollar projects and driving their on-time, on-budget completion