Airborne Electronic Warfare Program Lead

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a program leader to own the end‑to‑end execution of airborne EW programs, coordinating RF, embedded software, FPGA/DSP, flight test, and production teams. You will interact with DoD program offices and manage scope, schedule, and budget with tight flight qualification constraints.

You will drive requirements with systems engineering, plan flight test events, and oversee subcontractors while identifying risks early and steering program decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of demonstrated success managing or leading complex defense technology programs.
• Direct experience with airborne systems: flight qualification, platform integration, DO-178/DO-254, airworthiness, or flight test coordination.
• Experience as the primary interface with DoD program offices or platform integrators (prime or sub).
• Proven ability to manage scope, schedule, and budget simultaneously without letting any one collapse.
• Active U.S. Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred).

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end execution of airborne EW programs — scope, schedule, budget, risk, customer relationships, and delivery.
• Manage programs involving hardware/software integration onto airborne platforms with all associated qualification and certification requirements.
• Serve as primary customer interface for DoD program offices (PEOs, PMAs, SOCOM, platform integrators) on programmatic matters.
• Coordinate across RF engineering, embedded software, FPGA/DSP, systems engineering, flight test, and production teams to deliver on commitments.
• Manage contract financials — EACs, burn rate, margin, invoicing, and revenue recognition.
• Drive requirements definition and management in partnership with systems engineering — translate customer needs into executable scope.
• Plan and coordinate flight test events, ground integration activities, and platform qualification milestones.
• Manage subcontractor and vendor relationships as needed for platform‑specific integration.
• Proactively identify and mitigate program risks — surface issues early with data and proposed solutions.
• Support capture and proposal efforts for airborne EW growth opportunities (BOEs, schedules, technical volumes).

Skills

Program management

Airborne systems

DoD interface

Cross-functional coordination

Budget management

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a program leader to own the end‑to‑end execution of airborne EW programs, coordinating RF, embedded software, FPGA/DSP, flight test, and production teams. You will interact with DoD program offices and manage scope, schedule, and budget with tight flight qualification constraints.

You will drive requirements with systems engineering, plan flight test events, and oversee subcontractors while identifying risks early and steering program decisions.