Chief Engineer, Tactical Recon and StrikeActive$336K

The opportunity

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.

What you'll do

  • Lead technical execution from vision & initial design, through fabrication, test and production

  • Develop systems that support expeditionary operation, intuitive setup and use: by warfighters, and modular expansion of sensors

  • Setup trades to enable exploration of early designs while working closely: with technical SMEs and Business Development teams to find the right solution for current and future gaps in capability

  • Operate at the intersection of software and hardware helping to craft a: system level architecture that supports a robust and cost effective design

  • Define product milestones, lead technical design reviews, guide: cross-functional product decisions, manage engineering risk

  • Coordinate the fabrication of prototype and low-rate production articles and: subsystem/system level test efforts

What they're looking for

  • Work with senior leadership to ensure resource plans are adequate for work scope
  • Support remote troubleshooting and operation of deployed systems
  • Conduct hands-on, in-field testing
  • Create and carry out a verification and validation plan for the end to end system