Technical Program Manager, Small Drones

The Tactical Recon & Strike team at Anduril develops aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and all equipment to test deploy and operate. The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost Anvil Bolt and Altius from concepts to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers hardware engineers roboticists and front-end mobile developers who are excited about creating a powerful robotics platform that can be tasked and viewed in real-time through a variety of interfaces.

• Define the software roadmap for core TRS Products like Ghost Anvil Bolt and Altius.
• Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from internal engineering the program office and third party corporate partners to own successful delivery of outcomes on multiple programs simultaneously.
• Coordinate and execute frequent test events involving various levels of software and hardware from full-software and hardware-in-the-loop simulations at Anduril HQ to flight test events and demonstrations at test sites.
• Demonstrate extreme ownership of all pieces of work; become a trusted partner to Andurils engineers and product leaders.
• Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive successful program execution and team velocity across groups of software teams and more broadly across departments. Be an effective proxy in program and organizational matters to help engineering leads scale.
• Ensure that the organizations technical roadmap is well understood and that programs and staffing are aligned with the roadmap.
• Manage unblock and accelerate cross-team projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives. Instill an efficient project management mindset and workflow across the teams.
• Identify and resolve systemic execution issues across the team or group that require broader initiatives to resolve.
• Partner with engineering and product leads to scope staff and deliver capabilities to achieve company milestones.
• Identify resolve and escalate key cross team dependencies.
• Support leads with quarterly and ongoing staffing plans across the organization particularly where difficult prioritization conflicts exist.
• Collaborate closely with other partner teams such as hardware product and test operations as needed.
• Track and communicate the progress of the team or groups key programs. Define efficient processes for communicating group program status more broadly.
• Remove obstacles to drive clarity and progress identify gaps in communication or schedule manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities and drive results proactively.
• Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities.

• 2-5 years experience as a Technical Program Manager Technical Product Manager Engineering Manager or Engineer in an autonomous systems robotics or software development environment.
• A strong familiarity with robotics or computer vision systems and their architecture preferred.
• Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs software development lifecycle challenges and risks; ability to work closely and effectively with engineering teams.
• Experience working in a rapidly iterating test environment with high levels of integration with software development teams.
• Strong experience in project management; practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and ability to apply them where best suited.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

• Experience in building programs for software and testing deliverables from ground up.
• Ability to work within organizations with minimal structure and with minimal direction.
• Experience in rolling out potentially disruptive organizational process changes.
• Experience with creating communication plans for various levels of stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong technical analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions recommendations and drive decisions.
• Experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence
• Professional certifications such as CISSP OSCP GIAC-PEN Prosci SAFe or PMP
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline

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 on (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 Andurils total compensation package. 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 youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.

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