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Salary: USD 220,000 - 292,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology. The Maritime Division is seeking a Vehicle Systems Lead to own the technical development and integration of vehicle systems for maritime products, from concept through delivery.
You will lead the technical development and integration of vehicle systems for a maritime product, working closely with program leadership, cross-functional teams, and third-party system vendors. Your responsibilities span diverse technical and leadership domains, requiring you to leverage both technical expertise and leadership skills to set objectives, build teams, and drive rapid execution.
Key responsibilities include:
- Full ownership of the Vehicle System, interfaces to other systems, and overall performance against program and product requirements for a new platform
- Schedule and execution ownership across product generations, including development timeframe, prototype testing, demonstrations, and transition to rate manufacturing
- Responsibility for vehicle developmental budget and cost performance, ensuring subsystem compliance and cost reduction targets
- Technical leadership at the vehicle system level, including performance, design implementation, and issue resolution
- Escalation path for technical decision-making and deconfliction for the vehicle system team, working with the Maritime Chief Engineer
- Representation of the vehicle system in leadership, customer, and cross-functional meetings
- Leadership of vehicle team meetings at necessary cadences (daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, monthlies, all-hands)
- Direct interface with Chief Engineer and other system leads on technical challenges
- Cross-functional coordination with Production, Payloads, Mission Systems, Field Operations, Product Management, and Sustainment teams
- Drive platform-level trade studies across critical systems and subsystems to inform architectural updates
- Lead and mentor Senior and Principal level engineers for growth toward platform-level leadership roles
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field, or equivalent experience
- Extensive professional experience working as an Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of expertise
- Extensive professional experience working as a project lead or manager driving execution across diverse engineering disciplines
- Extensive professional experience with detailed project planning at the product or system level across diverse engineering disciplines
- Experience with projects, programs, or products transitioning from prototype design, prototype testing, new product introduction, and transition into production
- Ability to work in an extremely fast-paced environment with capability to maintain organization across a large team and effectively triage issues and blockers
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with the design, implementation, and support of robotic and/or autonomous systems
- Experience working within the defense, maritime, and/or aerospace domains
- Experience with product roadmaps and generational product developments
- Experience and training in program management
