Senior Director, EW Core TechNew$336K

The Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) business line at Anduril develops radio frequency (RF) integrated systems and subsystems for ground, maritime, air, and space missions. Today, Anduril EW focuses on delivering solutions for counter unmanned systems (cUAS), multi-mission…

What you'll do

• Technical Leadership: Serve as the chief technologist of the business line, guiding technical vision and direction across a massive portfolio of capabilities. We have ambitions to become the center of the RF universe, you will lead entry and disruption across multiple domains and mission capability areas.

• Product Development: Refine and manage our product development process, from shark tank sessions through scaled manufacturing and mass distribution. You will work closely with product architects, hardware, software, program operations, production, operations, and growth to develop the next generation of world-class RF products.

• Program Execution: You will lead and scale a team of chief engineers and systems engineers that deliver capabilities and integrated systems to the joint force. Work on the hardest problems in defense and deliver effects at scale. Your work will impact battlefield outcomes.

• Strategic Planning: You will work with the BL general manager, head of growth and strategy, functional leads and other stakeholders to plot the future of EW and Anduril’s future in RF. The role includes significant input into internal investments, mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, market entry, and strategic program capture.

• Process Ownership: Refine, develop, and manage processes for developing the right technologies, on tactically relevant timelines, within budget. We run this place two degrees more chaotic than any sane person would; your job is to embrace the chaos and build lightweight guardrails that produces exceptional outcomes.

• Customer Engagement: You’ll partner with customers to understand their mission needs and iterate quickly to field relevant technologies at scale. This is a wide-ranging role. You’ll find yourself talking to ground forces in combat zones, general officers at the Pentagon, and everyone in between. No two days will look alike.

What they're looking for

• Masters or PhD degree in Hardware or Software Engineering Disciplines or related fields.
• Breadth of experience in cUAS, cPNT, MM-ECM, airborne countermeasures,: airborne survivability, electronic intelligence, signals intelligence, communications, and/or other advanced RF effects.
• Experience producing RF systems at scale.