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Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is seeking a Technical Program Manager to join the Maritime Services Team in Quincy, MA. This role combines project management with technical leadership for seabed survey and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) operations serving commercial and government customers worldwide.
You will own the planning and execution of concurrent survey projects, from initial scope definition through final customer delivery. Key responsibilities include:
**Project Planning & Execution**: Coordinate multiple commercial and government AUV survey projects, managing resource demand, scheduling, logistics, and risk. Develop project scope, manage changes, and maintain detailed schedules. Work directly with customers to define objectives, deliverables, and timelines, partnering with Field Operations on resourcing, assets, vessels, and support equipment.
**Data Processing & Quality**: Review customer data requirements and map them to current and future system capabilities. Support generation of post-mission analysis data products, quality controls, and standardized workflows.
**Contract Management**: Draft and review statements of work, change orders, and terms/conditions. Manage financial aspects, data rights, deliverables, and routine customer status updates.
**Test Event Support**: Partner with Engineering on integration, testing, and debugging in fast-paced environments. Identify required resources, track cost and schedule during testing, support mobilization logistics, and serve as customer point of contact with clear status reporting.
**Business Development & Customer Advocacy**: Interface across survey stakeholders and represent Anduril's Maritime portfolio. Serve as the "voice of the customer" for follow-on business capture, ensuring customer needs are clearly communicated to product and engineering teams. Champion customers across geophysical survey applications including deep-sea minerals, oil and gas, and telecom.
**Autonomous Execution**: Default to action on broad and ambiguous requirements. Refine and capture key outcomes for each project with high ownership. Become a trusted partner across Engineering, Products, Operations, and Field Test Engineering.
Travel to support customer meetings and operations approximately 25–40% of the time.
**REQUIREMENTS**
- Bachelor of Science degree in systems engineering, renewable energy, ocean engineering, or related field, with demonstrated passion for hydrographic survey
- 5+ years of project management, technical management, or offshore party chief experience, specifically in robotics or hydrographic survey
- Technical background in geophysical data acquisition, processing, and deliverable generation
- High ownership and proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams to common outcomes
- Extremely organized and detail-oriented
- Excellent communication skills
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS**
- Experience operating robotic systems offshore
- Experience with development and integration of subsea sensors
- Experience in deep ocean exploration
- Experience with international and commercial customers
