Senior Technical Program Manager

Anduril is developing un-crewed maritime and air domain systems that leverage unsupervised autonomy for the delivery of long endurance, multi-mission capability to our customers. These projects, including but not limited to the Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV) Program, require a Technical Program Manager with experience of end to end project delivery from planning, coordination and execution.

Responsibilities

Run the day-to-day schedules and engineering management of an integrated project team; Plan, coordinate and execute test events involving various levels of software and hardware; Demonstrate high ownership on all pieces of work; become a trusted partner to Anduril's engineers; Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements to own successful delivery of outcomes on multiple programs simultaneously; Identify, resolve, escalate key cross team dependencies; Remove obstacles to drive clarity and progress, identify gaps in communication or schedule, manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities; Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive successful program execution and team velocity; Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives; Identify and resolve systemic execution issues across the team or group; Partner with product leads to scope, staff, and deliver capabilities to achieve company milestones; Collaborate closely with partner teams such as hardware, product, and test operations; Track and communicate the progress of the team or group's key programs and define efficient processes for communicating program status; Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary

Requirements

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; 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; Strong experience in project management; practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and ability to apply them where best suited; Ability to obtain and maintain a NV2 Security Clearance

Nice to have

Understanding of test and integration of complex systems; Ability to work within organizations with minimal structure and with minimal direction; Experience in building programs for software deliverables from ground up; Experience with creating communication plans for various levels of stakeholders; 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; Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline

Benefits

Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) covering health, recovery, and support; Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers