Sustainment Lead, Advanced Effects

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Programs : Deployments : Sustainment Engineering

This role is for a Sustainment Lead in the defense industry, focusing on managing the product lifecycle and logistics for advanced effects programs. The role requires experience in DoD/government logistics, program administration, and cross-functional team leadership to ensure seamless deployment, maintenance, and sustainment of hardware. While the company utilizes AI and related technologies, this specific role is centered on logistics and product support, not direct AI/ML development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Direct all Integrated Product Support activities across an Advanced Effects program include execution, process, best practices, technical oversight, and budget monitoring.
  2. Implement and maintain logistics systems, standards, and data to ensure accurate and efficient logistics operations and management.
  3. Lead Sustainment team through influence, guidance and connection to achieve critical path alignment against customer and contractual expectations
  4. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, quality, and program management, to ensure alignment and execution of product support goals.
  5. Develop and implement product support plans and best practices to ensure the timely execution of all product support program deliverables in a highly collaborative environment.

Skills

Required

  • DoD/government logistics experience
  • Program administration experience
  • Leadership in operations, manufacturing, logistics or sustainment
  • Logistics management principles
  • Organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads
  • Regulatory requirements for DoD or government logistics
  • Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance

Nice to have

  • 10+ years of experience in DoD/government logistics or progressively complex program administration experience
  • Experience working with Air Force or other military branch Integrated Logistics operations
  • Demonstrated ability to lead projects from idea conception to idea execution
  • Experience with government proposals
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Strong ability to work cross-functionally
  • Startup experience
  • Strong outcome orientation
  • Willing and able to dive into tactical execution mode
  • Moves fast, has a positive attitude
  • Can lead people directly and via influence

What the JD emphasized

  • 6+ years of experience in DoD/government logistics or progressively complex program administration experience, including leadership roles in operations, manufacturing, logistics or sustainment.
  • Expertise of the regulatory requirements as it relates to the DoD or government logistics, preferably related to aircraft.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.