Maritime Ops Lead for Unmanned Systems

Anduril-1

Irvine (CA)

On-site

USD 166,000 - 220,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Mission Operations Lead to drive enterprise-level maritime analysis and strategy from our California headquarters. You will translate operator needs into actionable concepts, shape roadmaps, and brief senior leaders with clarity.

You will work closely with product, engineering and program teams, embed with warfighters when needed, and travel up to 50% to meet customers and demonstrate capabilities. Experience with autonomous systems a strong plus.

Qualifications

5+ years of maritime operational planning experience at senior levels.
Experience with autonomous systems (AUVs) preferred.
Proven ability to brief senior leaders under scrutiny.
Ability to decompose operational problems into executable strategies.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Willingness to travel up to 50%.
Active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

Understand enterprise-level mission analysis for the maritime portfolio and communicate it across programs.
Develop and refine concepts of operation and mission threads for current and future systems.
Inform capability roadmaps and investment prioritization with operational cases.
Analyze threat environments and translate into capability priorities for teams.
Compare approaches and assess trade-offs in mission utility and cost.
Convert demonstrations and field results into portfolio-level lessons.
Collaborate with analysts, engineers, operators, and leaders to keep solutions aligned with warfighter needs.
Represent operational perspective in reviews and portfolio planning; brief executives clearly.