Air Defense Program Lead Engineer

Anduril; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in California seeks an Air Defense Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional efforts across hardware and software, aligning initiatives with strategic goals and ensuring proper resourcing.

You will own technical outcomes, manage incidents, collaborate with engineering, product, and test operations, and travel up to 50% as needed to support customers and field deployments.

Qualifications

• Proven customer-facing technical program management experience.
• Proven experience leading a technical team to field hardware or software in real environments.
• Strong ability to understand technical designs and work with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder engagement with internal and external partners to align objectives and secure buy-in.
• Technical ownership: manage system performance, incident response, and metrics-driven improvements.
• Strategic planning and execution: translate goals into actionable plans and allocate resources.
• Execute autonomously on broad/ambiguous requirements from external clients.
• Enable cross-team collaboration with hardware, product, and test operations.
• Shape growth opportunities by drafting technically scoped proposals for scaling opportunities.

Skills

Customer-facing PM

Systems engineering

Engineering collaboration

Excellent communication

Security clearance

Willing to travel

Education

BS in engineering or CS

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Anduril Industries in California seeks an Air Defense Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional efforts across hardware and software, aligning initiatives with strategic goals and ensuring proper resourcing.

You will own technical outcomes, manage incidents, collaborate with engineering, product, and test operations, and travel up to 50% as needed to support customers and field deployments.