UAV Operator: Field Deployments & Autonomy

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); Remote; USD 113,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a hands-on operations specialist for autonomy-enabled UAV programs. You will bridge product engineering and deployed operations, ensuring mission success in austere environments.

Expect to stand up forward deployments, support testing and customer demos, and travel up to 80% with extended deployments. Active Top Secret clearance and readiness for demanding field work are required.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on technical experience in field operations, manufacturing, or test.
• Prior military or defense contractor experience as a pilot/operator, network technician, or crew chief/maintainer (avionics, GNC, electrical).
• Demonstrated understanding of flight operations, aircraft systems, and sensors.
• Ability to solve problems at the hardware-software-operations interface for mission success.

Responsibilities

• Stand up forward-deployed operations in austere environments for combat employment of Anduril products.
• Embed within an air vehicle development program to shape and deploy reliable, effective solutions.
• Support development of vehicle autonomy through test events and customer demonstrations.

Skills

Field operations

Military/defense experience

Flight operations

Cross-functional teams

Root cause analysis

Programming basics

Networking basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace/mechanical or related

Tools

Python

Rust

MATLAB

Networking

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a hands-on operations specialist for autonomy-enabled UAV programs. You will bridge product engineering and deployed operations, ensuring mission success in austere environments.

Expect to stand up forward deployments, support testing and customer demos, and travel up to 80% with extended deployments. Active Top Secret clearance and readiness for demanding field work are required.