Mission Analyst

Telemetry Today LLC; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Sydney, Australia, is seeking a Mission Analyst to serve as a tactical interface with military operators and planners. You will be embedded with customers, assist in mission planning, deliver training, and feed field lessons back to engineering.

The role involves regular travel to customer sites and exercises. You will shape how capabilities are used, support operator training, and ensure procedures reflect real-world employment concepts.

Qualifications

• Experience in operational planning, mission analysis, capability development, or related defence fields.
• Ability to work at the tactical level — translating system capabilities into practical employment options.
• Experience delivering training, instruction, or coaching in a Defence or technical context.
• Strong interpersonal skills — able to build trust with military operators and planners as a credible peer.
• Comfortable working autonomously in a customer environment with minimal direction.
• Ability to translate complex system capabilities into clear operational language that users can act on.
• Strong written communication — able to produce tactical procedures, planning aids, and operational reports.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a NV2 security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support development of mission plans for exercises, demonstrations, operational test and evaluation, and operational employment
• Provide tactical advice to customer planners on system capabilities, limitations, and employment options
• Develop and maintain tactical procedures, checklists, planning aids, and quick-reference materials
• Contribute to the development and refinement of Concepts of Employment (CONEMP) and Tactics,Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)
• Support the training organisation in the delivery of operator training, including preparation of training materials and subject matter support during course delivery
• Provide operational mentoring and tactical coaching to operators during exercises and employment activities
• Plan and execute Anduril’s operational contribution to exercises and demonstrations
• Capture user feedback on system performance, usability, and employment concepts and translate it into actionable input for engineering and product teams
• Identify gaps in procedures, training, or system capability from the operator’s perspective and advocate for the user within Anduril
• Ensure operating procedures and training content reflect current employment concepts and real-world operational patterns
• Build and maintain trusted peer-level relationships with customer operators and planners through persistent presence and demonstrated competence
• Support post-exercise debriefs and lessons learned capture, feeding outcomes back into CONEMP, TTPs, and training content
• Contribute operational input to program reporting and customer performance reviews

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting‑edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Mission Analyst to serve as Anduril’s tactical-level interface with the military operatorsand planners who will employ our autonomous maritime systems. This is the person the customer workswith day‑to‑day — embedded in their environment, speaking their language, and ensuring our capability isemployed effectively.
This is not a desk job. You’ll be working alongside the customer, deployed on exercises, delivering training,supporting mission planning, and feeding operational reality back into engineering. You’ll help shape howthe capability is used, how operators are trained, and how lessons from the field make it back to the peoplebuilding the system.
This position is available in Sydney, Australia. While based in Sydney, this role requires regular travel tocustomer sites, exercises, and operations.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Support development of mission plans for exercises, demonstrations, operational test and evaluation,and operational employment
• Provide tactical advice to customer planners on system capabilities, limitations, and employment options
• Develop and maintain tactical procedures, checklists, planning aids, and quick-reference materials
• Contribute to the development and refinement of Concepts of Employment (CONEMP) and Tactics,Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)
• Support the training organisation in the delivery of operator training, including preparation of trainingmaterials and subject matter support during course delivery
• Provide operational mentoring and tactical coaching to operators during exercises and employmentactivities
• Plan and execute Anduril’s operational contribution to exercises and demonstrations
• Capture user feedback on system performance, usability, and employment concepts and translate it intoactionable input for engineering and product teams
• Identify gaps in procedures, training, or system capability from the operator’s perspective and advocatefor the user within Anduril
• Ensure operating procedures and training content reflect current employment concepts and real-worldoperational patterns
• Build and maintain trusted peer-level relationships with customer operators and planners throughpersistent presence and demonstrated competence
• Support post-exercise debriefs and lessons learned capture, feeding outcomes back into CONEMP,TTPs, and training content
• Contribute operational input to program reporting and customer performance reviews

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in operational planning, mission analysis, capability development, or a related field such as defence, aviation, mining, or complex logistics
• Demonstrated ability to work at the tactical level — translating system capabilities into practical employment options
• Experience delivering training, instruction, or coaching in a Defence or technical context
• Strong interpersonal skills — able to build trust with military operators and planners as a credible peer
• Comfortable working autonomously in a customer environment with minimal direction
• Ability to translate complex system capabilities into clear operational language that users can act on
• Strong written communication — able to produce tactical procedures, planning aids, and operational reports
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a Negative Vetting Level 2 (NV2) security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Military background with operational experience in a maritime environment (submarine, surface warfare, mine countermeasures, or equivalent)
• Experience with autonomous systems, unmanned platforms, or emerging military technology
• Experience in a Defence industry customer-facing role
• Knowledge of undersea warfare and maritime warfare concepts
• Understanding of Defence acquisition processes
• Experience contributing to Concept of Operations (CONOPS), CONEMP, or TTP development
• Experience with operational test and evaluation, exercise planning, or wargaming

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .