Senior Defense Programs Manager: Open Systems & Autonomy

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a Program Manager to own a portion of a growing portfolio of government reference architecture programs. You will partner with engineering, contracts, and government stakeholders to align baselines and meet commitments, blending architectural fluency with execution discipline.

This role requires leading cross-functional teams and managing complex program scope. The position emphasizes ownership of cost, schedule, and technical performance, with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in program management on government or defense programs, including direct ownership of cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Experience with systems engineering and/or software engineering.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder relationships across internal and external organizations.
• Proven track record as the primary interface to a government program office, running program reviews and technical interchange meetings and representing program status directly to the customer.
• Experience managing schedules and resources to achieve program objectives.
• Highly organized: able to manage concurrent programs and competing priorities in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage and facilitate systems engineering execution across open architecture teams and associated adopting teams of those architecture
• Drive execution across multiple efforts and are accountable to tactical sprint to sprint outcomes
• Develop a deep understanding of Anduril platforms, autonomy, simulation, and perception products through the creation and maintenance of systems engineering artifacts
• Weigh in on overall strategy as well as specific implementations alongside Lead Systems Engineers and Chief Engineers
• Build integrated schedules and allocation plans alongside Lead Systems Engineers and Chief Engineers

Skills

Program management

Systems engineering

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Customer interfacing

Scheduling & resource mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Systems Engineering

US Top Secret clearance (desired)

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a Program Manager to own a portion of a growing portfolio of government reference architecture programs. You will partner with engineering, contracts, and government stakeholders to align baselines and meet commitments, blending architectural fluency with execution discipline.

This role requires leading cross-functional teams and managing complex program scope. The position emphasizes ownership of cost, schedule, and technical performance, with