Senior Director, Program Director, Ground Maneuver

SilverShoots; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 253,000 - 336,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, seeks a Senior Director, Program Director for Ground Maneuver to lead development of unmanned ground vehicles, sensor fusion, and soldier-borne hardware. You will drive end-to-end programs across engineering, manufacturing, and finance to meet DoD customer needs.

You will supervise a team of program managers, manage schedules and budgets, and ensure regulatory and environmental requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience managing the development of complex electromechanical or vehicle-based systems.
• Proven track record of managing multi-million-dollar hardware deliveries and driving on-time, on-budget completion.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities with the ability to switch between tactical and 30,000 ft levels.
• Experience coordinating multiple internal and external teams within a complex engineering or technology-focused organization.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Experience assisting in budget creation and process cost optimization.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the development and deployment of ground maneuver systems, unmanned vehicles, and soldier-borne hardware in partnership with leadership and engineering teams.
• Lead integration of communications, computing, sensors, and effectors across platforms, ensuring open-architecture compliance.
• Manage a team of program managers to maintain schedules, costs, and regulatory requirements across hardware programs.
• Foster strong relationships with DoW program offices, Army and Marine Corps units to shape solutions and accelerate fielding.
• Drive lightweight processes, tools, and metrics for planning, risk management, and customer communication.
• Navigate government test and evaluation activities, converting operator feedback into design changes on short cycles.
• Be a trusted advisor to business leaders and engineers, promoting a high-performance culture.

Skills

Program management

Electromechanical systems

Cross-functional leadership

Budget management

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Security clearance

Tools

MOSA / SOSA

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.

Senior Director, Program Director — Ground Maneuver

• In partnership with leadership, engineering and manufacturing teams, own the development and deployment of Anduril’s groundbreaking ground maneuver systems — unmanned ground vehicles, robotic platforms, and soldier-borne hardware — to meet the operational needs of the Department of War
• Own the integration of communications, computing, sensors, and effectors onto Anduril’s ground platforms — driving interface definitions, SWaP-C budgets, spectrum and EMI deconfliction, and open-architecture compliance so the system fields as one capability rather than a set of subsystems
• Lead a team of program managers who will develop and adhere to strict schedules, cost constraints, and regulatory requirements, with an emphasis on coordinating between multiple hardware production and platform integration teams, managing supply chains, and ensuring that quality, environmental qualification, and delivery commitments are met
• Develop strong, trusting relationships with Anduril’s partners and DoW customers, including Army and Marine Corps program offices and the operational units they equip, ensuring we have tight feedback loops that enable us to shape solutions, rapidly iterate, and ultimately field solutions faster
• Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from internal engineering, customers, and third-party corporate partners to own successful delivery of outcomes on multiple programs simultaneously
• Develop and implement lightweight processes, tools, and metrics for program planning, scope management, risk management, and customer communication to enable Anduril to move rapidly
• Own the program’s path through government test and evaluation — soldier touchpoints, mobility and live-fire trials, and environmental qualification — and convert operator feedback into design and production changes on short cycles
• Be high ownership on all pieces of work and become a trusted partner and advisor to Anduril’s business leaders and engineers
• Foster a creative, high-performance culture within the team, and proactively assess team skills versus needs, identifying personnel development and/or recruitment opportunities to strengthen the team’s capabilities
• Collaborate with finance and business development teams to develop proposal responses for describing technical solutions and novel pricing strategies for proposals that set Anduril up for long term financial and operational success
• Partner with business development and capture teams to grow the Ground Maneuver portfolio — shaping requirements and program strategy with DoW program offices, other USG stakeholders, and the operational units they equip, and identifying the contract vehicles, transition paths, and funding lines that turn prototypes into programs of record
• Partner with Business Line leadership and adjacent Anduril businesses and support organizations to grow the business with allied and partner nations — supporting international demonstrations, coalition exercises, and user assessments, and working with capture, trade compliance, and engineering teams on exportable configurations and FMS/DCS pursuits that extend Anduril’s ground systems to allied formations

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience managing the development of complex electromechanical or vehicle-based systems throughout the product lifecycle
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex, multi-million-dollar, high volume hardware deliveries and driving their on-time, on-budget completion
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities with the ability to move seamlessly between tactical and the 30,000 ft level
• Experience coordinating multiple internal and external teams within a complex engineering or technology-focused organization
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences
• Experience assisting in budget creation and process cost optimization
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of ground vehicles, robotics, or other ruggedized electromechanical products, and hands‑on experience with integrated hardware and software systems
• Knowledge of integrating radios and waveforms, edge compute, EO/IR or RF sensors, and effector payloads onto a common platform, including open architecture standards such as MOSA, CMOSS, or SOSA
• Strong background in managing multidisciplinary teams and interfacing with hardware and software development teams
• Demonstrated experience in establishing information dominance in challenging situations by synthesizing communication streams from both internal multi‑disciplinary teams and external stakeholders
• Direct experience with ground combat, tactical vehicle, or soldier equipment programs, particularly Army or Marine Corps operational experience that translates to customer operations
• Experience working within the bounds of a DoW contract vehicle
• Experience supporting business development and capture for DoW, broader USG, or allied programs — requirements shaping, proposal and demonstration support, and familiarity with international sales pathways such as FMS/DCS and associated export control requirements
• Familiarity with the JCIDS process and its application in ongoing project development
• Familiarity with ground platform qualification and safety release processes, including MIL-STD-810 environmental and MIL-STD-461 EMI testing

US Salary Range$253,000—$336,000 USD

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