Training & Adoption Manager

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Employee recovery support

Job summary

Anduril Industries, Inc. in Costa Mesa, California, is seeking a Training and Adoption Manager to spearhead technical training initiatives for cutting-edge products. In this role, you will shape training materials and work closely with engineers and subject matter experts to enhance user adoption of technology for military capabilities.

The ideal candidate has a strong training background and is eligible for a U.S. Secret security clearance. This role involves travel up to 50% and offers a salary range of $98,000 - $148,000.

Exceptional benefits are provided, emphasizing the company's investment in its employees' well-being.

Qualifications

• Training background with expertise in planning, developing, and delivering training.
• Understanding and proven application of ADDIE, adult learning theories, and instructional design.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Create, shape, and manage training collateral for end users.
• Design training curricula across various platforms.
• Lead classroom presentations and hands-on instruction at customer sites.
• Collaborate across nearly every Anduril team.
• Serve as the voice of customers to capture feedback.

Skills

Training background

Understanding of ADDIE

Ability to communicate technical details

Cross-functional collaboration

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 Job

As a Training and Adoption Manager, you will plan, resource, and execute world‑class technical training instruction, enabled by a deep understanding of our products and each customer’s unique demands. You will serve as subject matter expert on Anduril’s growing product offerings, including, but not limited to, Counter Intrusion and Counter Unmanned Systems. You will also help drive adoption of our products by understanding user workflows and surfacing pain points. Multi‑functional work and proactive communication across internal teams will help you drive the end‑to‑end customer experience. If you are passionate about teaching ground‑breaking technology, contributing to the national security mission, interacting alongside professionals that span a wide‑range of disciplines, and providing best‑in‑class training support, Anduril is interested in speaking with you. We are a fast‑growing company at the early stages of our growth and you will be expected to immediately develop and own material and projects that will have a significant impact on the trajectory of the programs you support. Anduril fosters a diverse, collaborative culture with plenty of opportunities for ownership and professional growth.

What You’ll Do

• Create, shape, and manage training collateral for our product capabilities and technology to end users
• Work with engineers, program managers, and subject matter experts to convert product capabilities and tasks, techniques, and procedures into learning objectives with matching course content
• Design training curricula across a variety of platforms, including presentations, hands‑on practicals, computer‑based training, and simulations
• Ensure instruction and training collateral remain current and updated for new features and functionality
• Orchestrate the expeditionary delivery of training on Anduril products
• Lead classroom presentations and hands‑on instruction onsite at customer locations, including in Hazard Zone locations, and Anduril test sites
• Educate end users from military, government agency, and commercial backgrounds on Anduril’s hardware and software offerings
• Collaborate across nearly every Anduril team
• Work across a wide range of Anduril teams, including product development, engineering, design, and operations to capture product updates and support training of end users
• Serve as the voice of our customers
• Build a bridge between our end users and Anduril, capturing feedback, identifying pain points, and informing the development of new product features

Required Qualifications

• Training background with expertise in planning, developing, and delivering training.
• Understanding and proven application of ADDIE, adult learning theories, and instructional design for training program development in a technical field.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Ability to travel up to 50%, including travel to Hazard Zones, for approximately 20‑30 days at a time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience explaining technical terminology and solutions to a non‑technical audience is a plus.
• Prior military or government agency exposure / experience preferred.
• Munitions storage and handling controls.
• Ownership mentality with strong initiative in managing your own work, and possibly that of others. You should have a natural bias to assume responsibility.
• Adaptive, creative communication style that fits a variety of audiences and works across a variety of mediums.
• Ability to work in cross‑functional environments and influence of others with no hierarchical relationship.
• Enthusiastic about transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

U.S. Salary Range

$98,000 - $148,000 USD

Benefits

Additionally, Anduril offers top‑tier benefits for full‑time employees, including: 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

As set forth in Anduril Industries’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.