Head of Mission Ops & Intelligence Systems

Anduril Industries; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in the United States seeks a strategic, hands-on Head of Mission Operations to stand up and scale the Mission Operations function within AIS. You will own end-to-end deployment success, building and leading a team of Mission Operations Engineers while establishing playbooks for repeatable, high-quality field delivery across IC programs.

You will set the vision for deployment, training, and field support, while remaining close enough to unblock real-time issues.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership building, scaling, and managing technical operations or field engineering teams in defense, intelligence, or national security.
• Mission-first mindset focused on customer and mission impact.
• Hands-on experience with deployments, networking, APIs, data integration, and system configuration.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of Mission Operations Engineers, setting expectations and fostering operational excellence.
• Define scalable playbooks for deployment, training, and field support to repeatable processes.
• Oversee deployment, integration, and readiness across programs to achieve timely, required operational capability.
• Design training curricula for military, security, and tactical operators to scale as the customer base grows.
• Gather field feedback to influence product roadmap and engineering priorities.
• Develop strategic relationships with senior officers and IC stakeholders to drive adoption and future needs.
• Collaborate with PM, Engineering, Legal, and BD to ensure seamless delivery across the org.
• Define KPIs for deployment success, operator readiness, system uptime, and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Leadership

Mission-first mindset

Operational depth

Strategic thinking

Adaptability

Communication

Collaboration

Willing to travel

Security clearance

Education

CS/Systems Engineering degree

Job description

Anduril Industries in the United States seeks a strategic, hands-on Head of Mission Operations to stand up and scale the Mission Operations function within AIS. You will own end-to-end deployment success, building and leading a team of Mission Operations Engineers while establishing playbooks for repeatable, high-quality field delivery across IC programs.

You will set the vision for deployment, training, and field support, while remaining close enough to unblock real-time issues.