Technical Program Manager — Defense Autonomy & Systems

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in London seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead the Enabling Technology team within Maneuver Dominance. You will own capability areas end to end, shaping funding, development, and transition into programmes, with US collaboration and UK national elements.

You will coordinate hardware, software, and systems engineers, drive IRAD submissions, define exit criteria, manage risks, and liaise with customers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• BEng/BSc/MEng in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience in engineering, systems integration, or technical programme management.
• Demonstrated experience owning programme management or engineering delivery for sophisticated hardware and software systems.
• Strong technical aptitude, able to read and interrogate technical designs, understand software development lifecycles, and form an independent view of technical risk.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering, environmental considerations, and requirements verification and validation, particularly for aerospace or defence applications.
• Demonstrated experience delivering engineering work under export control and security classification, including judging what can be shared with international colleagues and what must be developed in country.
• Working knowledge of UK export control and security regimes, including the UK Military List, SPIRE and OGELs, F680, and the handling of classified and OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE material.
• Proven experience delivering

Responsibilities

• Own a capability area end to end, covering charter, budget, scope, and roadmap, partnered with an Engineering Lead who serves as technical principal investigator
• Lead a cross-functional capability team of hardware, software, and systems engineers to deliver capability that exceeds customer expectations
• Build and defend annual internal R&D (IRAD) submissions: shape proposals, size efforts, and take them through senior leadership review, then hold each funded effort to its charter
• Define and enforce exit criteria for each effort so that capability transitions cleanly into receiving programme teams and runs in their pipelines, rather than demonstrating once and stalling
• Serve as the primary liaison between technical teams, programme stakeholders, and customers, and as the ET point of contact in the UK
• Coordinate and execute frequent test events, from hardware-in-the-loop simulation through to ground test and live flight demonstration on rotorcraft and uncrewed air systems

Skills

Programme management

Systems engineering

Hardware integration

Technical risk

Export control

Education

BEng/BSc/MEng in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Anduril Industries in London seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead the Enabling Technology team within Maneuver Dominance. You will own capability areas end to end, shaping funding, development, and transition into programmes, with US collaboration and UK national elements.

You will coordinate hardware, software, and systems engineers, drive IRAD submissions, define exit criteria, manage risks, and liaise with customers and stakeholders.