Product Operations Technical Specialist, Air Defense

Slope; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 98,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Highly competitive equity grants

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Product Operations Associate for the Air Defense team in Washington, DC. In this role, you will be dedicated to maintaining the health of deployed air defense technology, managing and resolving incidents across our systems. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a capability for technical problem-solving.

The position offers a salary range of $98,000 to $130,000, reflecting competitive market rates and includes substantial benefits. If you are passionate about supporting national security with cutting-edge technology, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• Self-starter with a record of high achievement in multiple domains.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Willingness to work non-standard hours and weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

• Identify, triage, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents affecting air defense assets.
• Conduct root cause analysis of incidents and produce trend analyses.
• Communicate data and trends relevant to asset health and performance.
• Collaborate to sustain and modernize the fleet of deployed systems.
• Execute projects to enhance fleet sustainment processes.

Skills

Cross-functional problem-solving

Technical communication skills

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in a STEM field

Tools

Linux Command Line Interface (CLI)

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.

Team Overview

The Air Defense team builds robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky. At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, the Air Defense team provides mission critical capabilities to warfighters. From detection to tracking, identification, deterrence, and defeat, our family of networked sensors and effectors enables our customers to rapidly close the kill chain against a broad range of UAS threats. Working across product, engineering, business development, logistics, operations, and mission success, the Air Defense team develops, tests, deploys, and sustains the Anduril Air Defense Family of Systems in challenging operational environments worldwide.

Role Specifics

As a Product Operations Associate on the Air Defense team, your mission is to do whatever it takes to maintain the health of our deployed Air Defense technology. You will be responsible for identifying, triaging, escalating, and managing resolution of all incidents across our deployed fleet of systems. Your analysis of incident- and sustainment-related data, identification of trends, and development of appropriate recommendations will inform decision-making by various cross-functional stakeholders across mission operations, program management, engineering, and sustainment. If you enjoy cross-functional problem-solving and are passionate about supporting national security priorities through cutting-edge technology, our team is interested in speaking with you.

What You’ll Do

• Incident Resolution: Identify, triage, troubleshoot, and, as necessary, elevate incidents affecting health and performance of deployed air defense assets to expeditious resolution.
• Root Cause Analysis: Initiate root cause analysis of specific incidents and produce trend analyses of aggregated incident data to facilitate follow‑on investigation and root‑cause corrective action (RCCA) by product engineering teams.
• Data Analysis & Decision Support: Identify, record, analyze, and communicate data and trends relevant to the health and performance of assets to facilitate decision‑making by cross‑functional stakeholders across mission operations, technical operations, deployment operations, and product engineering teams.
• Fleet Sustainment: Collaborate with various cross‑functional teams to continuously sustain and modernize our fleet of deployed systems through proactive hardware and software maintenance and upgrades.
• Project Management: Execute project work focused on enhancing the scalability of our fleet sustainment processes and infrastructure.

Required Qualifications

• Self-starter with a record of high achievement in multiple domains
• Ability to communicate and coordinate technical and non-technical efforts across various business, engineering, and sustainment functions, influencing decision‑making, resource allocation, and operational planning
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Willingness to work non-standard hours and weekends as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a STEM field and/or previous technical work experience
• Experience with Linux Command Line Interface (CLI)
• >2 Years of experience in any or several of the following sectors: government agency, military, defense, consulting, manufacturing

US Salary Range

$98,000—$130,000 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.