Field Network Technician - UAV Autonomy Ops

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits package

Top-tier health benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking to advance autonomy-enabled UAV operations from a field operations perspective. You will bridge between product engineering and deployed operations, ensuring reliability and mission success in austere environments.

Embedded within an air-vehicle development program, you will stand up forward-deployed operations, support test events and customer demonstrations, and travel up to 80% as needed to ensure combat readiness and sustained product performance.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on technical experience in field operations, manufacturing, or test.
• Military/defense contractor experience as a pilot/operator, network tech, or crew chief/maintainer.
• Understanding of flight operations and aircraft systems.

Responsibilities

• Stand up forward-deployed operations in austere environments and ensure successful combat employment of Anduril products.
• Shape and deploy autonomous vehicle solutions with focus on reliability and mission success.
• Support development of vehicle autonomy through test events and customer demonstrations near home.
• Collaborate with product engineering and deployed operations across programs.

Skills

Field operations

Military/defense experience

Flight operations understanding

Root cause analysis

Programming languages

Networking basics

Radio systems

Deployment readiness

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace/mechanical or related

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking to advance autonomy-enabled UAV operations from a field operations perspective. You will bridge between product engineering and deployed operations, ensuring reliability and mission success in austere environments.

Embedded within an air-vehicle development program, you will stand up forward-deployed operations, support test events and customer demonstrations, and travel up to 80% as needed to ensure combat readiness and sustained product performance.