Air Defense Technical Program Manager

Anduril Industries

Irvine (CA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 210,000

Full time

11 hours ago

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Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking an Air Defense TPM to lead technical program management for cutting‑edge autonomy, AI, and sensor fusion in defense systems. You will evaluate, qualify, and advocate for parallel pursuits, ensuring initiatives align with strategic direction and receive appropriate resourcing.

You will collaborate with hardware, product, and test operations, balancing innovation with execution to deliver value for customers and Anduril.

Qualifications

Proven customer‑facing technical program management and/or systems engineering experience, preferably in the defense, national security, or aerospace domains.
Proven experience leading a technical team of peers to field hardware or software products to real operating environments.
Solid technical aptitude and ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks; ability to work closely with engineering teams.
Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders, across a wide range of technical comfort.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance.
Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, external clients, and industry partners to gather insights, align objectives, and secure buy‑in for strategic initiatives.
Technical Ownership: Drive technical outcomes through understanding system performance, incident response, metrics, and communicating state to the customer.
Strategic Planning and Execution: Translate strategic goals into actionable project plans, set milestones, and manage resources for successful delivery.
Execute Autonomously: Independently handle broad and ambiguous requirements from external clients and act as a trusted partner to engineers.
Enable Cross Team Collaboration: Manage cross‑team projects spanning multiple teams and initiatives with hardware, software, and test operations as needed.
Shape Growth Opportunities: Help draft technical proposals and scope scaling opportunities aligned with capabilities.