Technical Program Manager, Maritime

Anduril Anduril · Defense · London, United Kingdom · Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Undersea Reconnaissance & Strike - Engineering & Operations : Program & Product Management

The Technical Program Manager, Maritime role at Anduril Industries focuses on managing the development, testing, deployment, and sustainment of autonomous maritime vessels. This involves technical ownership of system performance, customer engagement with MoD clients, leading test event execution, project planning, and contract management. The role requires a strong background in robotics, technical project management, systems engineering, and experience with government contracts, operating within a defense technology company that utilizes AI and autonomy in its products.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work within a team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the life of Autonomous Underwater Vessels (AUV) through integration, test, verification, and demonstration efforts.
  2. Ensure successful execution of programs in accordance with desired requirements, on schedule, and on budget.
  3. Drive technical outcomes through meticulous understanding of system performance, managing incident response and after-action, using metrics to derive insights into areas for improvement, quantifying the improvements made through investment in those areas, and maintaining a clear understanding of the state of the system that can be communicated to the customer.
  4. Interface with MoD customers and be able to represent the technical aspects of the Maritime portfolio. Serve as the “voice of the customer” for follow-on business capture efforts and activities.
  5. Support the Engineering team in integration, testing, and debug in a high-paced environment. Lead formal testing efforts by generating test plans, identifying resources needed, and supporting mobilization logistics. Lead offshore AUV test events when required (typically multiple-day test events with occasional multiple -week deployments)

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or Software Engineering or related technical engineering field
  • 7+ years of robotics experience, specifically in technical project management and/or systems engineering, or related project management and/or systems engineering experience in a relevant industry.
  • Strong familiarity with system test, integration and troubleshooting
  • Experience leading or executing product development of any type of system from TRL 3-8.
  • Understanding of government contract structure and reporting.
  • Extremely organized and detail oriented.
  • Experience developing material and read out for regular - monthly, quarterly program reviews.
  • Experience developing and maintaining a schedule with Microsoft project or similar tool.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Nice to have

  • Experience integrating subsea sensors.
  • Experience with government acquisition and reporting processes and government contracts.
  • Experience interfacing with MoD customers.

What the JD emphasized

  • technical leader
  • technical outcomes
  • technical aspects
  • technical knowledge
  • technical engineering field
  • technical project management
  • technical engineering field