Technical Program Manager, Maritime Engineering

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 At Anduril, we are developing uncrewed 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 in end-to-end project delivery from planning and coordination to execution. WHAT YOU'LL DO You’ll 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 from internal engineering, program office, and third party corporate partners 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, and drive results proactively. 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. 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 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. 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. 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 Demonstrated leadership across functional technical teams Up 25% travel to support program objectives, some international Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 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 Experience in the maritime technology applications US Salary Range$166,000—$220,000 USDThe 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. 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