Chief Engineer, Radar

Anduril; Colorado; On-site; USD 219,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Colorado is seeking a Chief Engineer to own stakeholder engagement, define the radar product roadmap, and lead design and development for critical radar offerings.

You will collaborate with the head of radar, engineering leads, and customers to translate requirements into technical strategy, drive prototyping and deployment across RF systems. Travel 30% is expected and active U.S. security clearance eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4+ years experience as a Chief Engineer, Technical Program Manager, Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer of land, maritime, or airborne radars or other RF sensors.
• Demonstrated understanding of radar system design.
• Deep understanding of state-of-the-art radar technologies and radar for defense missions.
• Solid technical aptitude and ability to understand designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks.
• Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders across a wide range of technical comfort.
• Experience in shaping strategic pursuits and developing technology roadmaps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with design and development of radar or RF systems from concept to deployment.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, customer stakeholders, and industry partners to gather insights and secure buy-in for the radar product.
• Technical ownership: Drive radar architecture and product development strategies through understanding of tradeoffs, requirements and opportunities for innovation.
• Product Strategy: Define a roadmap and communicate the how and why behind it to win in the marketplace.
• Tactical Execution: Organize and prioritize engineering efforts to bring the product to market and lead prototyping, development, and deployment.

Skills

Radar system design

Technical leadership

RF systems

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Graduate degree in engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

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 TEAM

The Anduril Battlespace Awareness Radar team develops innovative and differentiated radar solutions to tackle significant security challenges for America and its allies. We are looking for highly collaborative engineers that will bring significant expertise, experience and energy to the team's endeavors.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are seeking a Chief Engineer to own stakeholder engagement, product definition, technical road map planning, and design and development approach. This is a unique role requiring you to develop a deep understanding of customer needs and challenges, the capabilities of our radar engineering teams, and current and future radar technologies. With this understanding you'll collaborate with the head of radar, engineering functional leads, strategic growth leads, division leadership and customers to define and develop critical radar product offerings.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders, customer stakeholders, and industry partners to gather insights, align objectives, and secure buy-in for the radar product you are responsible for.
• Technical ownership: Drive radar architecture and product development strategies through understanding of technical tradeoffs, requirements and opportunities for innovation.
• Product Strategy: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to define a product strategy that will win in the marketplace by delivering differentiated value to our customers. Define the product development roadmap and communicate the how and why behind it.
• Tactical Execution: Organize and prioritize the engineering efforts required to bring the product to market, working with functional engineering teams, and other product owners to optimize resource utilization. Lead tactical execution of prototyping, development, and operational delivery of the product.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 4+ years experience as a Chief Engineer, Technical Program Manager, Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer of land, maritime, or airborne radars or other RF sensors
• Demonstrated understanding of radar system design
• Deep understanding of state-of-the-­art radar technologies and radar for defense missions
• Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks; ability to work closely and effectively with engineering teams.
• Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders, across a wide range of technical comfort
• Experience in shaping strategic pursuits and developing technology roadmaps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with design and development of radar or other RF systems from concept to deployment
• Graduate degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Software engineering, or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Travel 30% for customer, vendor, and internal collaboration.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence
• Experience with modeling and simulation tools
• Experience with developing and fielding novel hardware/software products
• Strong technical, analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions
• Experience in delivering novel hardware and software solutions

US Salary Range

$219,000 — $290,000 USD

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.