Facilities Strategy & Operations, Frontier Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, California is seeking a Real Estate Manager to oversee a nationwide portfolio of facilities, manage financial impacts, and execute projects. Responsibilities include space allocation for various teams, collaborating with corporate real estate on construction, and leading facility launches. Candidates should have 6-10 years of relevant experience, strong project management skills, and be eligible for a U.S. security clearance. Salary range is $166,000 — $220,000 USD, with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years experience managing a real estate portfolio or in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read technical documentation and facility drawings.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage nation-wide real estate portfolio for office and production sites.
• Translate engineering requirements into facility needs.
• Collaborate on projects to ensure timely delivery within budget.

Skills

Project management skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Proficiency in Excel

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

Frontier Systems is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized hardware and software products for Department of War and Intelligence Community customers. We work within the DoW and IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.

ABOUT THE JOB

• Own our division’s nation‑wide real estate portfolio across office, R&D lab, test site, initial production, and full rate production sites and ensure our teams have what they need when they need it.
• Manage short‑term and long‑term space allocation across dozens of Frontier Systems’ teams for both office space and prototyping lab space, getting creative as necessary to meet the rapidly evolving needs of our teams.
• Translate engineering and production requirements to facility requirements for new builds, retrofits, and test sites by closely collaborating with Industrial Engineering, Production, and Test teams.
• Collaborate with the corporate real estate team on construction projects to ensure our teams’ requirements are being met and the projects are being delivered on time and on budget.
• Lead the launch of new facilities across Engineering, Production, Real Estate, and IT so that move‑in is efficient as possible.
• Own the multi‑year forecast of real estate needs across the division and determine when and where we make long‑term investments.
• Manage the financial impact of our real estate portfolio on the AFS division P&L.
• Execute on special projects across finance, real estate, and facilities as they arise.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• You love solving complex, ambiguous, cross‑functional problems.
• You’re both high ownership and low ego, approaching everything with strong outcome orientation and high humility.
• You have excellent project management skills, with a proven track record of delivering large‑scale multi‑stakeholder projects on time and on budget.
• You have prior experience designing and/or setting up new production lines or factories - from process mapping through to collaborating with infrastructure design partners and work station design.
• You can read technical documentation like facility drawings, are highly proficient in Excel, and have in‑depth knowledge of construction means and methods.
• You have 6‑10 years experience managing a real estate portfolio or in a manufacturing environment at a high‑growth technology company or similar fast‑paced environment.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.

Salary Range

$166,000 — $220,000 USD (base salary estimate only; actual offer may vary based on work experience, education, and/or training).

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.