Manager, Software Engineering

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

The Maritime Division of Anduril Industries is seeking a Manager, Software Engineering to lead teams to deliver a variety of software integrated into their products.

Responsibilities

As a Software Engineering Manager at Anduril Industries, you will:

• Empathize with end-users and drive solutions that balance their needs with external constraints, restrictions, and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Be accountable for software-enabled solutions that are deployed to customers, optimizing for the delivery of value to the end-user.
• Collaborate with your Technical Lead to architect scalable software that rapidly delivers capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time.
• Co-ordinate your team's roadmap and execution with other teams across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are re-usable across multiple Anduril product lines.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and execution of development processes for the initial delivery and subsequent iteration of vehicle and mission software, including full lifecycle testing, monitoring, and operation.
• Manage a 6-18 month roadmap for your team, nested within the broader organisational roadmap.
• Manage an allocated budget for your team.
• Manage programmatic risk for your team, and collaborate with your Technical Lead to manage technical risk, including sound and timely decision-making.
• Lead by example as a technically competent, trustworthy, and accountable team lead.
• Communicate organisational vision, strategy, and direction to your team.
• Define, document, gain consensus for, and communicate appropriate goals and plans for your team, derived from broader organisational vision, strategy, and priorities.
• Build your team through mentoring, professional development, career management, and collaboration with Anduril's recruiting and people functions.
• Work as a leader of a multi-disciplinary engineering team of 4-10 members, including as a mentor and manager for Engineers from differing backgrounds.
• Report to a manager who may or may not have a background in software engineering.
• Travel to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in a management position within a high-performing technology organisation.
• Extensive professional experience working as a Software Engineer with one or more domains and/or technologies of expertise.
• Capacity to lead a team that works holistically on software-enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design, implementation, operation, and sustainment.
• Capacity to act as the owner for a software system, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation management, sustainment, and evolution.
• Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring team members effectively, building team cohesion, and capacity.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance.

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Healthcare Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Income Protection: Life and disability insurance.
• Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments, adoption, and gestational carriers.
• Mental Health Resources: Access to free mental health resources 24/7.
• Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development.
• Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits.
• Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.
• Retirement Savings Plan: Various plans depending on location.