Description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.
We're seeking a hands-on, technically fluent Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead the hardware development and maturation of our Sentry platform from concept through scaled production.
About the Team The Sentry product line is Anduril's family of land-based situational awareness platforms , modular systems integrating power, structure, robotics, sensors, compute, and communications.
About the Job This role bridges capability, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain,ensuring our designs evolve from prototype to field-ready products with the reliability, quality, and repeatability required for mission success.
Responsibilities
- Lead hardware product development across core subsystems and full system integration into high-performance, mission-critical autonomous platforms.
- Partner with engineering leads to plan, execute, and deliver design, build, and test milestones through production readiness.
- Drive design for manufacturability (DFM/DFA), supplier engagement, and hand-off to manufacturing and supply chain teams.
- Manage prototype builds, integration events, and system-level validation and reliability testing.
- Own risk management and schedule execution for hardware deliverables; escalate blockers and drive resolution.
- Work directly with production, test, and quality to ensure systems meet reliability, qualification, and sustainment requirements (MIL-STD experience preferred).
- Support field deployments and test events to gather feedback, debug issues, and identify improvement opportunities.
- Establish lightweight, repeatable processes to improve team velocity and predictability without sacrificing agility.
- Communicate status, risks, and decisions to engineering, product, and program stakeholders clearly and confidently.
Required Qualifications
- 5–8+ years experience driving hardware product development and system integration in robotics, defense, aerospace, automotive, or industrial systems.
- Proven track record taking electromechanical systems from prototype through production and sustainment.
- Strong technical fluency in mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering domains (power systems, sensors, mechatronics, or robotics).
- Deep familiarity with manufacturing processes, DFM/DFA, BOM management, and supplier readiness.
- Experience with qualification, reliability, and environmental testing (e.g., MIL-STD, DO-160, automotive validation).
- Hands-on mindset , comfortable on the build floor or at test events, not just in meetings.
- Exceptional ability to manage cross-functional execution and communicate clearly across disciplines.
- Bias for action; thrives in a startup-like, fast-moving environment with incomplete information.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, or related Engineering field (advanced degree preferred).
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in sensor integration (EO/IR, radar, GPS, or similar).
- Prior work in defense, autonomy, or mission-critical systems.
- Familiarity with hardware-software co-development and system-level integration testing.
- Experience leading small technical teams or mentoring junior TPMs.
Benefits Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits packages (available at little to no cost to employees).