Technical Program Manager - Skillbridge

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Atlanta, GA +2 · Templates : Early Career/New Grad

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking Technical Program Managers to lead development projects for mission-level autonomous systems software. The role involves technical leadership, program planning, organization, and compliance activities, working closely with customers and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver advanced technology solutions. The TPM will own projects from start to finish, embed with customers to understand mission challenges, build and orchestrate solutions, develop project plans, and contribute to business growth through customer success.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the project from start to finish with the customer and the engineering team. Develop the technical path for success, identify engineering needs, and validate the projected product outcome with the customer. TPMs are empowered to quickly assume high levels of responsibility and entrust them to actively own their account and shape its success.
  2. Work side-by-side with our customers to understand their specific mission challenges and represent the customer as you work with Anduril engineers to shape products that solve critical national and international security challenges. Anduril engineers rely on TPMs to understand the lay of the land and bring a perspective that informs the product development process.
  3. Work with Anduril engineers to build the solution and/or pivot development as needed to meet client needs. Successfully developing our complex hardware and software products requires collaborating with nearly every internal Anduril team - engineering, product, logistics, finance, legal, contracting, technical operations, and many more. You’ll be responsible for ensuring each party is engaged and informed, and will therefore become well-versed in what it takes to really bring the best of Anduril to our customers.
  4. Develop, coordinate and communicate the path to success with both internal and external partners. Work with clients and engineers to build sprint plans, execution plans, milestones.
  5. In addition to the operational and executive relationships you own, you will be responsible for meeting commercial targets that drive top line growth. This requires establishing committed and trust-based partnerships with our customers to not only help them solve their immediate problems, but also to foresee future opportunities where Anduril’s technology can make them more effective. Understanding Anduril’s value proposition and articulating how we can have an impact on a customer’s problem set, from the executive level to the end user, is critical to positioning Anduril for the future.

Skills

Required

  • B.S. (minimum) in Electrical, Computer Science, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
  • 7+ years relevant military experience
  • Experience with the deployment and integration of sophisticated hardware and software systems
  • Experience with building and leading cross-functional teams
  • Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, teach, lead and follow
  • Comfortable with setting and achieving goals in an amorphous environment.
  • Able to manage concurrent priorities in a fast-moving environment
  • Comfortable with working in limited resource environments
  • Excellent communication skills- ability to effectively engage in technical discussions and translate technical details to diverse internal audiences.
  • Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • Ability to relocate as needed
  • Eligible for DoW SkillBridge Program

Nice to have

  • Background in defense, hardware, autonomy, or robotics deployments, with an understanding of associated mission-critical quality standards.
  • Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams to successful completion of projects
  • Knowledge of federal procurement processes and practices, including FAR and DFARS.
  • Experience with Microsoft Project, Adobe Pro, or equivalent project management software
  • Maintain customer relationship with timely, accurate, and meaningful communications
  • Creation of project proposal

What the JD emphasized

  • technical leader
  • evaluate, qualify, develop, and advocate
  • sophisticated parallel pursuits
  • mission-level autonomous systems software development
  • technical concepts and employ them quickly
  • technical knowledge in conjunction with your program management skills
  • Ownership
  • natural bias to assume responsibility
  • healthy dose of skepticism
  • culture of performance
  • technical path for success
  • identify engineering needs
  • validate the projected product outcome
  • empowered to quickly assume high levels of responsibility
  • actively own their account and shape its success
  • Embed/Engage
  • mission challenges
  • shape products that solve critical national and international security challenges
  • understand the lay of the land and bring a perspective that informs the product development process
  • Build/Orchestrate
  • pivot development as needed
  • complex hardware and software products
  • collaborating with nearly every internal Anduril team
  • ensuring each party is engaged and informed
  • well-versed in what it takes to really bring the best of Anduril to our customers
  • Plan
  • coordinate and communicate the path to success
  • build sprint plans, execution plans, milestones
  • Grow our business through customer success
  • meeting commercial targets that drive top line growth
  • establishing committed and trust-based partnerships
  • foresee future opportunities
  • Understanding Anduril’s value proposition and articulating how we can have an impact
  • positioning Anduril for the future
  • B.S. (minimum) in Electrical, Computer Science, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
  • 7+ years relevant military experience
  • Experience with the deployment and integration of sophisticated hardware and software systems
  • Experience with building and leading cross-functional teams
  • Adaptive and introspective
  • willing to learn, teach, lead and follow
  • Comfortable with setting and achieving goals in an amorphous environment
  • Able to manage concurrent priorities in a fast-moving environment
  • Comfortable with working in limited resource environments
  • Excellent communication skills
  • ability to effectively engage in technical discussions and translate technical details to diverse internal audiences
  • Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • Ability to relocate as needed
  • Eligible for DoW SkillBridge Program
  • Background in defense, hardware, autonomy, or robotics deployments
  • understanding of associated mission-critical quality standards
  • Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams to successful completion of projects
  • Knowledge of federal procurement processes and practices, including FAR and DFARS
  • Experience with Microsoft Project, Adobe Pro, or equivalent project management software
  • Maintain customer relationship with timely, accurate, and meaningful communications
  • Creation of project proposal