Senior Manager, Test & Evaluation Engineering

Anduril; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Reston, VA seeks a People Leader to guide the Test and Evaluation team, overseeing test planning, safety planning, risk management, and mentorship across multiple programs including ground and flight systems. The role requires a Top Secret clearance and offers a challenging, fast-paced environment.

You will coordinate with engineering leadership, program leadership, and cross-departments to support end-to-end testing while maintaining schedule, risk controls, and resource

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on test engineering experience or comparable skill (i.e. military exercise planning & evaluation), with 2+ years of proven leadership (i.e. IPT lead, team lead, platoon leadership, etc.)
• Ability to travel up to 25% routinely and higher if needed
• Possess a Top Secret US Security clearance, with eligibility for SCI access
• Experience with the Department of War, Government Cyber Commands/Agencies, and/or the Intelligence Community
• Aptitude for leadership and desire to be a people leader first, manager second.
• Experience producing or leading teams to produce customer facing test process deliverables (test plans, test reports, data analysis, etc.) and demonstrated maturity to articulate deliverable to a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience as a test conductor, test director, or similar test position
• Experience working on government or private test sites/ranges
• Experience conducting safety planning or risk management
• Must be able to take guidance or intent and turn it into actionable results with a team
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and solve problems across a variety of engineering areas
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams and external customers; demonstrated ability to collect differing opinions and reconcile them in order to achieve agreement on what ‘right’ looks like.
• Able to work extended hours on test sites or in support of testing as required.

Responsibilities

• Own all results of your team, both the good and the bad.
• Manage test engineers to complete the end-to-end test process for a variety of program types, including ground systems, flight systems, and novel technologies.
• Lead by example with mentorship for your team, while also supporting at least one program with test engineering expertise.
• Coordinate with other Test and Evaluation teams, including engineers and pilots, to meet all testing demands of your business line.
• Maintain awareness of current status and future events on all programs assigned to your team to deconflict resources.
• Coordinate with business line leadership to determine current and future testing needs.
• Inform Test and Evaluation hiring decisions based on personnel and skill requirements.
• Manage and evolve your team’s structure to match T&E needs and business lines.
• Move to problem areas or gaps and coordinate solutions with stakeholders.
• Advise leadership on test capabilities, including test site capabilities for briefings, kickoffs, proposals, etc.
• Handle administrative requirements for team members (time cards, finance approvals, PTO).

Skills

Test engineering

Leadership

Clearance TS

Travel

Government contracts

Safety planning

Problem solving

Cross-functional

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

Tools

Linux

Python

C++

Job description

Anduril Industries in Reston, VA seeks a People Leader to guide the Test and Evaluation team, overseeing test planning, safety planning, risk management, and mentorship across multiple programs including ground and flight systems. The role requires a Top Secret clearance and offers a challenging, fast-paced environment.

You will coordinate with engineering leadership, program leadership, and cross-departments to support end-to-end testing while maintaining schedule, risk controls, and resource