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Salary: USD 132,000 - 198,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to drive the design, development, and production scaling of an Advanced Targeting System—a rugged, mission-critical product that fuses sensing, optics, weapon integration, and connected battlefield data. You will take immediate ownership of a product already in the field, driving its evolution, scalability, and transition to full-rate production within the Connected Warfare Division's Warfighter Systems division.
Key responsibilities include:
• Program Management: Align roadmaps, manage timelines, and allocate resources across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and optics teams while balancing competing priorities in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary liaison between engineering, manufacturing, product, and external stakeholders—including defense contractors and government entities.
• Technical Leadership: Navigate the architecture and trade-offs of ruggedized targeting systems—LiDAR, weapon mounts, power, thermal, and embedded electronics—while ensuring compliance with ITAR, RMF, and other regulations.
• Production & Design Evolution: Drive the transition from prototype to production, owning the CAD-to-prototype-to-production cadence and championing DFM/DFA, qualification testing, and configuration/change management.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate technical, schedule, supply chain, and compliance risks, adjusting plans to maintain momentum.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with suppliers, customers, and government agencies; deliver clear program updates and technical briefs to internal and external audiences.
• Knowledge Capture & Process Improvement: Document tribal knowledge, close design gaps, and build repeatable processes that yield production-quality deliverables.
• Warfighter Engagement: Travel to exercises and live-fire assessments to gather operator feedback and translate it into program requirements.
REQUIREMENTS:
• 6+ years managing complex hardware development programs across the full development lifecycle
• 8+ years combined experience as a TPM, Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer in commercial tech or aerospace & defense
• Hands-on experience leading ruggedized electromechanical systems—ideally targeting, sensing, optics, or weapon-integrated platforms
• Strong technical fluency across mechanical, electrical, and firmware domains, with the ability to manage trade-offs across a complex system
• Experience owning a complex BOM, engineering drawings, and change management within a PLM tool
• Proven experience in component sourcing, vendor management, and DFM/DFA coordination with manufacturing partners
• Exceptional communication skills, able to translate technical complexity into business-impacting insights
• Willingness to travel up to 25%, including to field exercises and customer sites
• U.S. Person status required (export-controlled data)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Defense or ruggedized systems background (shock, vibration, environmental sealing)
• Experience with small arms components, weapon-mounted electronics, or fire control systems
• Familiarity with LiDAR, imaging (low-light/night vision), sensor fusion, or multi-modal sensing architectures
• Experience scaling hardware to medium- or high-volume production (100s of units or more)
• Comfort with formal change management and multiple product configurations
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes (machining, sheet metal, composites, injection molding, 3D printing)
• Ability to create clarity from ambiguity in minimally structured environments
• Familiarity with defense industry compliance and reporting (ITAR, RMF)
• Advanced Degree in an Engineering discipline
• Active Top Secret clearance or ability to obtain one
