Senior Manager, ComplianceActive$194K
The opportunity
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U. S.
What you'll do
Lead the T&E Compliance team, directly managing the FAA Compliance Program: Manager(s) and the FCC Compliance Program Manager(s), and owning the combined function's headcount, hiring, development, performance, and career progression.
Accountable for regulatory compliance across FAA and FCC domains: from strategy and policy through day-to-day execution.
Own the T&E compliance strategy: identify regulatory risk early, prioritize workload across FAA and FCC portfolios, and align compliance activity with program and product milestones.
Serve as the executive-facing liaison to the FAA, FCC, NTIA, DoD, and other: regulatory bodies for T&E matters, including escalations, novel-technology engagements, and cross-agency issues that require senior representation.
Oversee the FAA workstream: COAs, 44807 exemptions, Part 21/91/107/135 operations, type certification, airworthiness, BVLOS strategy, and DoD airworthiness interfaces (e.g., DCMA 8210.1D, MIL-STD).
Oversee the FCC workstream: Special Temporary Authority (STA), experimental licenses, spectrum coordination with NTIA, RF equipment certification, and EMI/EMC testing compliance.
What they're looking for
- Partner with the Safety and Standards team to make sure regulatory: requirements are reflected in T&E policies, procedures, and site-level SOPs, and that compliance is a routine part of test planning rather than a late-stage bolt-on.
- Build and maintain the metrics, dashboards, and operating reviews that give: leadership visibility into regulatory posture - open filings, approval cycle time, expiring authorizations, audit findings, and outstanding risk.
- Develop and maintain a compliance risk management strategy for the T&E: organization, including audit cadence, corrective-action tracking, and periodic internal reviews.
- Track and interpret FAA and FCC regulatory changes and translate them into: actionable guidance for engineering, flight operations, and program teams.