Technical Program Manager, Small Drones

Job Overview

The Tactical Recon & Strike team at Anduril develops aerial small drones and equipment to test, deploy, and operate. As a Technical Program Manager, Small Drones, you will define the software roadmap for core TRS Products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt, and Altius.

Responsibilities

• Define the software roadmap for core TRS Products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt, and Altius.
• Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from internal engineering, the program office, and third-party corporate partners to own successful delivery of outcomes on multiple programs simultaneously.
• Coordinate and execute frequent test events involving various levels of software and hardware.
• Demonstrate extreme ownership of all pieces of work; become a trusted partner to Anduril’s engineers and product leaders.
• Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive successful program execution and team velocity across groups of software teams and more broadly across departments.
• Ensure that the organization’s technical roadmap is well understood and that programs and staffing are aligned with the roadmap.
• Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Identify and resolve systemic execution issues across the team or group that require broader initiatives to resolve.
• Partner with engineering and product leads to scope, staff, and deliver capabilities to achieve company milestones.
• Identify, resolve, and escalate key cross-team dependencies.
• Support leads with quarterly and ongoing staffing plans across the organization.
• Collaborate closely with other partner teams, such as hardware, product, and test operations as needed.
• Track and communicate the progress of the team or group’s key programs.
• Remove obstacles to drive clarity and progress.

Required Qualifications

• 2-5 years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Technical Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer in an autonomous systems, robotics, or software development environment.
• A strong familiarity with robotics or computer vision systems and their architecture preferred.
• Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges, and risks.
• Experience working in a rapidly iterating test environment with high levels of integration with software development teams.
• Strong experience in project management; practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in building programs for software and testing deliverables from the ground up.
• Ability to work within organizations with minimal structure and with minimal direction.
• Experience in rolling out potentially disruptive organizational process changes.
• Experience with creating communication plans for various levels of stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong technical, analytical, and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive decisions.
• Experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence.

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits packages available at little to no cost to employees.