Technical Program Manager, Digital Factory Systems

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Corporate Technology : ArsenalOS : Factory Systems

Technical Program Manager for factory software systems at a defense technology company, focusing on coordinating production system administration, digital IoT, MES, Controls, robotic automation, and manufacturing test teams to ensure the digital layer of the factory keeps up with the physical one. This role is a site-level integrator and driver of execution, not a traditional project manager.

What you'd actually do

  1. Act as the primary point of contact for all factory software systems at a given site
  2. Drive coordination across production system administration, digital IOT, MES, Controls, robotic automation, and manufacturing test teams teams
  3. Ensure deployments are sequenced correctly across infrastructure, applications, and automation
  4. Maintain a real-time view of site readiness, risks, and dependencies
  5. Identify integration gaps before they impact production

Skills

Required

  • Experience operating in complex, cross-functional environments
  • Strong understanding of production systems and manufacturing workflows
  • Ability to work across software, infrastructure, and automation domains
  • Comfort making decisions with incomplete information
  • High ownership and bias for action

Nice to have

  • MES / ERP / factory software systems
  • Industrial automation or controls environments
  • Deploying systems into live production settings

What the JD emphasized

  • production-critical operator
  • making sure the digital layer of the factory keeps up with the physical one
  • You are the person who ensures that software, infrastructure, and machines all come together to actually run the factory
  • site-level integrator across multiple technical domains
  • driver of execution, not a passive coordinator
  • force multiplier for teams that are otherwise operating in parallel
  • Experience operating in complex, cross-functional environments
  • Ability to work across software, infrastructure, and automation domains
  • Comfort making decisions with incomplete information
  • High ownership and bias for action