Maritime Mission Ops Liaison & Trainer

Anduril Industries; Perth; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Perth, Australia, seeks a Mission Operations Specialist to act as the tactical interface with military operators and planners, embedding with customers to ensure our autonomous maritime systems are employed effectively.

You will work alongside the customer in exercises, deliver training, support mission planning, feed field lessons back to engineering, and help shape how capabilities are used and taught.

Qualifications

• Experience in operational planning or defence-related fields.
• Ability to translate system capabilities into practical employment options.
• Experience delivering training in a defence or technical context.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage military operators and planners as a credible peer.
• Comfortable working autonomously in a customer environment with minimal direction.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts in clear operational language.
• Excellent written communication for procedures and reports.
• Hold Australian NV2 security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support development of mission plans for exercises, demonstrations, and evaluation.
• Provide tactical advice on system capabilities and employment options.
• Develop and maintain tactical procedures, checklists, and planning aids.
• Contribute to CONEMP and TTP development.
• Support operator training, including preparation of materials.
• Provide operational mentoring and tactical coaching during exercises.
• Plan and execute operational contributions to exercises and demonstrations.
• Capture user feedback and translate into input for engineering and product teams.
• Identify gaps from the operator’s perspective and advocate for the user.
• Ensure procedures and training reflect current employment concepts.
• Build trusted relationships with customer operators and planners.
• Support post-exercise debriefs and lessons learned.
• Contribute input to program reporting and customer reviews.

Skills

Operational planning

Tactical language

Training delivery

Interpersonal skills

Autonomy

Clear written comms

NV2 security clearance

Job description

Anduril Industries in Perth, Australia, seeks a Mission Operations Specialist to act as the tactical interface with military operators and planners, embedding with customers to ensure our autonomous maritime systems are employed effectively.

You will work alongside the customer in exercises, deliver training, support mission planning, feed field lessons back to engineering, and help shape how capabilities are used and taught.