Senior Targeting Systems TPM - Scale Rugged Defense Tech

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to drive the design, development, and production scaling of the Advanced Targeting System—a rugged, mission-critical platform fusing sensing, optics, weapon integration, and battlefield data.

You will own a fielded product, steer its evolution to full-rate production, and lead cross-functional teams across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and optics while ensuring ITAR/RMF compliance, supplier coordination, and government engagement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years managing complex hardware development programs across the full development lifecycle.
• 10+ years combined experience as a TPM, Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer in commercial tech or aerospace & defense.
• Hands-on experience leading ruggedized electromechanical systems—ideally targeting, sensing, optics, or weapon-integrated platforms.
• Strong technical fluency across mechanical, electrical, and firmware domains, with the ability to manage trade-offs across a complex system.
• Experience owning a complex BOM, engineering drawings, and change management within a PLM tool
• Proven experience in component sourcing, vendor management, and DFM/DFA coordination with manufacturing partners
• Exceptional communication skills, able to translate technical complexity into business-impacting insights
• Willingness to travel up to 25%, including to field exercises and customer sites
• U.S. Person status required (export-controlled data)

Responsibilities

• Program Management: Align roadmaps, manage timelines, and allocate resources across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and optics teams while balancing competing priorities in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary liaison between engineering, manufacturing, product, and external stakeholders, including defense contractors and government entities.
• Technical Leadership: Navigate the architecture and trade-offs of ruggedized targeting systems: LiDAR, weapon mounts, power, thermal, and embedded electronics, while ensuring compliance with ITAR, RMF, and other regulations.
• Production & Design Evolution: Drive the transition from prototype to production, owning the CAD-to-prototype-to-production cadence and championing DFM/DFA, qualification testing, and configuration/change management.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate technical, schedule, supply chain, and compliance risks, adjusting plans to maintain momentum.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with suppliers, customers, and government agencies; deliver clear program updates and technical briefs to internal and external audiences.
• Knowledge Capture & Process Improvement: Document tribal knowledge, close design gaps, and build repeatable processes that yield production-quality deliverables.
• Warfighter Engagement: Travel to exercises and live-fire assessments to gather operator feedback and translate it into program requirements.

Skills

Program management

TPM leadership

Electro-mechanical systems

Mechanical systems

BOM/PLM

Vendor management

Communication

Travel readiness

US person status

Tools

PLM tools

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to drive the design, development, and production scaling of the Advanced Targeting System—a rugged, mission-critical platform fusing sensing, optics, weapon integration, and battlefield data.

You will own a fielded product, steer its evolution to full-rate production, and lead cross-functional teams across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and optics while ensuring ITAR/RMF compliance, supplier coordination, and government engagement.