Senior Technical Program Manager

Anduril Industries; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager for Space Special Programs. Lead day-to-day initiatives, manage budgets and schedules, and coordinate with executive teams to meet technical objectives and contractual requirements.

This role supports ongoing orbital programs across the Space Special Programs business line, handling multiple space system development and delivery contracts and capture efforts in dynamic missions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience executing engineering or program management for space hardware, payloads, subsystems, or satellites.
• Strong understanding of space systems engineering, environmental considerations, and verification/validation.
• Experience deploying and integrating hardware and software for national security space systems.
• B.S. in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 4+ years managing spacecraft or space subsystem teams.
• Experience building and leading cross-functional teams.
• Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, teach, lead and follow.
• Comfortable with amorphous environments and goal setting.
• Comfortable in limited-resource environments.
• Prior space systems engineering work is a plus.
• U.S. Citizen able to obtain/maintain TS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Ownership: lead the project from start to finish with customer and engineering team.
• Embed/Engage: work with customers to understand mission challenges and shape products.
• Build/Orchestrate: collaborate with engineers to build solutions and pivot as needed.
• Plan: develop and communicate paths to success with partners and milestones.
• Grow our business through customer success: meet commercial targets and build partnerships.

Skills

Space hardware

Space systems engineering

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Technical leadership

Requirement verification

Security clearance

Education

B.S. in Electrical/Computer/Aerospace/Mechanical Eng

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.

ABOUT THE TEAM

In the Space Special Programs team, we build spacecraft and space systems which serve a wide variety of functions in the space architecture. At a time when space superiority can no longer be taken for granted and with space systems proliferating at an incredible rate, the Space Special Programs team provides advanced, mission critical capabilities to our customer base to be able to more effectively operate and survive within this expanding environment with limited personnel. Working across product, engineering, sales, logistics, operations, and mission success, the Space Special Programs team develops, tests, deploys, and operates new, unique, space capabilities to drive mission success in challenging operational environments.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are hiring a Senior Technical Program Managerfor our SpaceSpecial Programsbusiness line. The Technical Program Manager will lead day-to-day execution of program initiatives and tasks - workingwiththe Head of Programs,the Head of Operations,and the rest of theBusiness Operationsteamto manage the budget and schedule, as well as with the customer, and theGM to satisfy the technicalobjectives while meeting all of the contractual requirements.

This role is directly tied to a series of on-going orbital programs and active pursuits across Anduril's SpaceSpecial ProgramsBusiness Line. These programs require executing on multiple space system development and delivery contracts along with capture efforts across multiple dynamic space operations missions.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Ownership: TPMs are owners;we'relooking for those who have a natural bias to assume responsibility, a healthy dose of skepticism, and contribute to a culture of performance. Lead the project from start to finish with the customer and the engineering team. Develop the technical path for success,identifyengineering needs, andvalidatethe projected product outcome with the customer. TPMs are empowered to quickly assumehigh levelsof responsibility and entrust them to actively own their account and shape its success.

• Embed/Engage: Work side-by-side with our customers to understand their specific mission challenges and represent the customer as you work with Anduril engineers to shape products that solve critical national security challenges. Anduril engineers rely on TPMs to understand the lay of the land and bring a perspective that informs the product development process.

• Build/Orchestrate: Work with Anduril engineers to build the solution and/or pivot development as needed to meet client needs. Successfully developing our complex hardware and software products requires collaborating withnearly everyinternal Anduril team - engineering, product,logistics, finance, legal, contracting, technical operations, and many more.You'llbe responsible forensuring each party is engaged andinformed, andwill therefore become well-versed in what it takes to really bring the best of Anduril to our customers.

• Plan: Develop,coordinateand communicate the path to success with both internal and external partners. Work with clients and engineers to build sprint plans, execution plans, milestones.

• Grow our business through customer success: In addition to the operational and executive relationships you own, you willbe responsibleformeeting commercial targets that drive top line growth. This requiresestablishingcommitted and trust-based partnerships with our customers to not only help them solve their immediate problems, but also to foresee future opportunities where Anduril's technology can make them more effective. Understanding Anduril's value proposition and articulating how we can have an impact on a customer's problem set, from the executive level to the end user, is critical to positioning Anduril for the future.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated experience executing engineering or program management responsibilities for Space hardware, payloads, subsystems, or satellites

• Strong understanding of space systems engineering, environmental considerations, and requirements verification and validation

• Experience with the deployment and integration of sophisticated hardware and software systems - particularly for national security space systems

• B.S. (minimum) in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent

• 4+yearsexperiencemanaging spacecraft or space subsystem teams

• Experience with building and leading cross-functional teams

• Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, teach,leadand follow.

• Comfortable with setting and achieving goals in an amorphous environment.

• Comfortable with working in limited resource environments.

• Prior engineering work on space systems is a plus

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain andmaintaina U.S. Top Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams to successful completion of projects

• Collaborative problem solving to achieve work goals

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

• Experience with Microsoft Project or equivalent project management software

• Ability to organize, prioritize and simplify complex problems

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment

• Lead team to develop solutions to complex, time sensitive problems

• Maintain customer relationship withtimely,accurate, and meaningful communications

• Creation of project proposals, program plans, reports, and process documentation

US Salary Range

$166,000—$220,000 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 (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. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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