Senior Technical Program Manager, Small DronesPosted today$220K

Costa Mesa, California, United StatesManufacturing

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

  • Define the software roadmap for core TRS Products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt, and Altius.

  • Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from internal: engineering, the program office, and third party corporate partners to own successful delivery of outcomes on multiple programs simultaneously.

  • Coordinate and execute frequent test events involving various levels of: software and hardware, from full-software and hardware-in-the-loop simulations at Anduril HQ to flight test events and demonstrations at test sites.

  • Demonstrate extreme ownership of all pieces of work; become a trusted partner: to Anduril’s engineers and product leaders.

  • Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive successful program execution: and team velocity across groups of software teams and more broadly across departments. Be an effective proxy in program and organizational matters to help engineering leads scale.

  • Ensure that the organization’s technical roadmap is well understood and that: programs and staffing are aligned with the roadmap.

What they're looking for

  • Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team projects spanning multiple: functional teams and cross-functional initiatives. Instill an efficient project management mindset and workflow across the teams.
  • Identify and resolve systemic execution issues across the team or group that: require broader initiatives to resolve.
  • Partner with engineering and product leads to scope, staff, and deliver: capabilities to achieve company milestones.
  • Identify, resolve, and escalate key cross team dependencies.