Mission Operations Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

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 TEAMThe Air Dominance & Strike Division (AD&S) is Anduril’s largest division and is fundamentally reshaping the way future peer to peer conflicts are fought by developing next generation collaborative combat aircraft, advanced effects, and the autonomy software that powers these weapons. Within AD&S, our Mission Autonomy (MA) Business Line is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of autonomy capability for multi-domain platforms. We work with customers to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and scale capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities to our government partners and customers.ABOUT THE JOBThe Mission Autonomy Mission Operations (MOPs) team is responsible for the execution and success of our customer accounts. Working across product, engineering, sales, test, and logistics teams, our Mission Operations Engineers own the end-user relationships and develop, plan, and deploy Anduril products in support of their missions. They work side-by-side with customers to understand their specific problem sets and then shape Anduril’s offerings alongside our product and engineering teams to fit the mission needs. Because the problems we solve are uniquely challenging, our Mission Operations Engineers naturally gravitate toward finding solutions and are adept at navigating organizational hurdles. They are responsible for end-user relationships and mission success and therefore play a critical role in the shaping and future of Anduril Industries.WHAT YOU'LL DOServe in a customer-facing capacity, working directly with the Department of Defense to develop and deploy Anduril integrated hardware-software products to meet customer and operational needs. Support the delivery of contract deliverables to include the developing and implementing of measures of performance and effectiveness, writing technical reports, and creating user engagement roadmaps.Own the deployment of Anduril’s autonomy capabilities at test and demonstration events. Work across our Test & Evaluation, Logistics, Growth, and Engineering teams to ensure that we are able to rapidly deliver real capability to users.Design & implement user feedback loops to gather, triage, and prioritize requirements, feedback, issues, and challenges found through the employment of Anduril MA products during training, exercises, and normal use within unit schedules.Provide input to product and engineering teams to drive the development of product features and configurations that enhance or greatly improve the employment of Anduril MA products.Support end-users in understanding and using our capabilities through the development of training content, integration into unit training schedules, and delivery of training.Develop and contribute to a streamlined user feedback and engagement system, which include issue tracking, training sessions, refreshers, and focused preparation for large scale exercises and events.REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience translating and decomposing technical concepts into operational requirements and performance specificationsExperience in project management and product deployment rolesEligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearanceWilling to travel up to 50%PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience and familiarity with autonomous systemsClient management experiencePrior military or government acquisition and/or government contracting experienceTraining and teaching experienceUS Salary Range$112,000—$149,000 USDThe salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. 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