Senior Product Manager, Ground Control Systems (Hardware + Software Platform)

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the advancement of the Ground Control Station (GCS) product line, transitioning it from a set of customized, mission-specific configurations into a highly scalable, common platform.

Responsibilities

• Establish the Baseline: Conduct a deep dive into the technical baselines of GCS, establish partnerships with key engineering and technical leads, and develop a deep understanding of the roadmaps of other Anduril business lines to identify their primary friction points and requirements for a shared GCS platform.
• Define the Roadmap: Define and secure cross-functional and cross-business-line alignment on a 12-month GCS roadmap, prioritizing the core modular hardware and software interfaces needed to enable other teams to integrate easily.
• Drive Adoption: Achieve successful internal adoption of the GCS platform, with multiple Anduril business lines actively building on top of or integrating GCS into their own product offerings.
• Own the Full Lifecycle: Manage the entire GCS product lifecycle,from analyzing fragmented requirements and defining the product, through hardware sourcing/manufacturing and software integration, to launch, commercial sales enablement, and scaling.
• Consolidate & Productize: Take systems that exist in disparate, highly customized, or unrefined states, resolve technical debt, and standardize them into a cohesive, highly polished product that gets sold and scaled.
• Align Across Divisions: Build strong relationships across multiple business lines to drive adoption of a standardized hardware interface, balancing the unique needs of different internal teams while keeping the product baseline unified.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience managing complex, physical hardware products (ruggedized systems, edge compute, or mechanical controls) that tightly integrate with real-time software
• Proven ability to take systems in disparate, highly customized, or unrefined states, clean them up, resolve technical debt, and standardize them into a cohesive, polished product that actually gets sold and scaled
• Demonstrated end-to-end product lifecycle mastery,from analyzing fragmented requirements and defining the MVP, through hardware sourcing/manufacturing and software integration, to launch, commercial sales enablement, and scaling
• Ability to build strong relationships across multiple business lines to drive adoption of a standardized hardware interface, balancing the unique needs of different internal teams while keeping the product baseline unified
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and balance resources, priorities, and requirements across engineering and business stakeholders
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in high-growth commercial technology companies, startups, or fast-paced hardware-software product environments
• Hands-on experience with tactical command and control (C2) systems, including establishing, configuring, or operating within Tactical Operations Centers (TOCs) in the field
• Active U.S. Secret or Top Secret security clearance