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Anduril Industries
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Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaManufacturing

The opportunity

As a Program Chief Engineer you will be responsible for defining and driving the system's architecture, technical roadmap, and overall engineering excellence. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team of high-performing engineers, ensuring that the system meets stringent…

What you'll do

  • Technical Leadership & Vision: Define and articulate the technical vision and strategic roadmap for the system, ensuring alignment with Anduril's broader Dive-XL Core Platform and customer needs. Work directly with the product team (Product Manager, EPM, Lead Systems Engineer) to ensure tactical development is executed on plan.

  • Architectural Design Authority: Serve as the ultimate technical authority for the system architecture, design decisions, and critical trade-offs across all engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, software, autonomy, acoustics, materials).

  • System Integration & Performance: Oversee the end-to-end development lifecycle, from requirements definition and conceptual design through detailed design, integration, test, and deployment.

  • Test & Evaluation: Define and oversee the test and evaluation strategy, including acceptance criteria, test readiness reviews, and support to customer acceptance testing.

  • Technical Problem Solving: Lead the resolution of complex technical challenges, acting as a hands-on expert and guiding teams through difficult design, integration, or operational issues.

  • Technical Trade-offs: Drive build vs. buy decisions, manage technical debt, and balance speed of delivery against long-term system sustainability.

What they're looking for

  • Deep expertise across multiple AUV sub-domains, such as:
  • Hydrodynamics & Propulsion: Vehicle dynamics, control systems, thrusters.
  • Power Systems: Battery technologies, power management, high-voltage systems.
  • Underwater Acoustics & Communications: Modems, sonar, acoustic navigation.
  • Navigation & Perception: INS/GPS-denied navigation, vision systems, object detection/avoidance.
  • Autonomy & Control: Mission planning, decision-making algorithms, real-time control.
  • Materials Science & Corrosion: Marine-grade materials, anti-corrosion techniques.
  • Mechanical Design: Pressure hulls, payloads, articulation.