Senior Software Technical Program Manager, UAVs

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

Anduril’s Tactical Recon & Strike (TRS) Division is seeking a Software Technical Program Manager to join the Program Management team. The TRS 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 paper sketches 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.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Define the roadmap for SW testing initiatives (including HIL and Flight Testing of products and surrogates) for group 1-3 drones within the Tactical Recon & Strike Division (Ghost, Anvil, Bolt, Altius)
• Ingest and organize test needs from all TRS SW groups into clear system level test objectives and test plans. Define success criteria and align test outcomes to verification and validation (V&V) of system level capabilities
• Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from internal engineering and program teams to successful delivery test 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 to flight test events and demonstrations at test sites
• Automate and organize test data in a way that informs engineering evaluation and V&V
• Increase the rate and coverage of testing and drive the SW organization towards a continuous integration northstar
• Demonstrate high ownership on all pieces of work; become a trusted partner to Anduril’s engineers
• 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 organization’s 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 product leads to scope, staff, and deliver capabilities to achieve company milestones
• Identify, resolve, 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 group’s 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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 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 autonomous systems, 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 e