Principal Workday Engineer, CorporateOS

Anduril; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits

Travel up to 25%

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Workday Solutions Engineer to design, develop, and drive adoption of people systems. You will collaborate with engineering, supply chain, operations, manufacturing, accounting, and finance to align systems with business goals.

You’ll lead system-centric projects, partner with vendors, and work with internal dev teams to build or buy solutions, while traveling up to 25% to support hands-on instruction at other offices.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing, developing, and implementing business processes into systems, ideally in aerospace/defense.
• Experience leading complex system-centric projects from start to finish.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and automate key functions.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration across People, Finance, and Legal.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement Workday and related systems to meet business needs.
• Collaborate with People, Finance, and Legal to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Lead projects with defined scope, timelines, budgets, and vendor integrations.
• Partner with internal software teams to build or customize solutions as needed.
• Provide guidance, training, and documentation to stakeholder teams.

Skills

System design and implementation

Cross-functional collaboration

Project leadership

Communication skills

U.S. Person status

Tools

Rippling

Oracle ERP

Workday

ADP

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 Business Systems team is responsible for building and optimizing the many systems and internal technologies that enables Anduril to accomplish its mission. Anduril’s supply chain, accounting, sales & growth, field maintenance, manufacturing, and many more teams rely on the technology built and maintained by us. We call this system-of-systems “CorpOS”. Within CorpOS lies a suite of digital software solutions aimed at solving the problems for our growth, finance, people teams that interplays heavily with our ArsenalOS solutions that enable Anduril’s engineering, production, and sustainment departments.

About the Job

We are seeking a highly skilled Workday Solutions Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and driving adoption of our people systems’ capabilities to ensure Anduril is successful for the near and long term. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams spanning engineering, supply chain, operations, manufacturing, accounting, finance, and more to understand the business needs, engineer solutions, and ensure our systems are aligned with the company's goals and objectives.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and implement solutions that meet the business requirements of the organization
• Collaborate with business partners across People, Finance, and Legal to understand business requirements and translate them into functional and technical solutions, with the result being automation of key business functions
• Analyze current systems and processes to identify areas for improvement and make improvements
• Lead the development and implementation of system-centric projects, including defining project scope, requirements, timelines, and budgets
• Work with vendors and third-party service providers to integrate systems and solutions into the company's infrastructure
• Work with internal software development teams to build out custom solutions if we decide to build rather than buy
• Provide guidance and support to the stakeholder teams on system and process best practices, including training and documentation

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing business processes into systems at manufacturing companies (Aerospace & Defense industry preferred)
• Experience as a sole administrator (limited reliance on external resources to execute on projects)
• Proven track record of leading complex system-centric projects from conception to completion
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data
• Ability to be in-office full time and willingness to travel up to 25% to visit other offices where hands-on instruction and assistance will be necessary

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in high-security or defense industry environments
• Exposure to ERP and HCM platforms (Rippling, Oracle, Workday, ADP, etc.)

US Salary Range

$220,000 — $292,000 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.