Staff T&E Technical Program Manager, Strategic Defense

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

We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Staff Test & Evaluation (T&E) Technical Program Manager (TPM) to quickly integrate into our Strategic Defense team.

As a T&E TPM, you will support the Anduril Strategic Defense business line with your technical expertise and foster strategic collaboration across various teams.

Responsibilities

• Determine and develop various approaches to achieve T&E goals and help guide and perform the completion of test activities, with a particular emphasis on hardware-in-the-loop lab-based ground tests.
• Coordinate and support execution of testing at private and government owned test ranges to test and evaluate hardware and software systems.
• Deconflict test events internally across Anduril programs and efforts.
• Be responsible for safe operation of all testing efforts, working in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
• Work closely with Engineering to discuss test results, to include collected data and observations.
• Collect and perform initial test data analysis for the system under test.
• Support the design and implementation of live-virtual-constructive (LVC) test scenarios to stress the system under test without requiring live assets.
• Document test procedures and results, providing detailed reports for engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Conduct testing of classified capabilities in an unclassified setting, working with customer and Anduril security teams to ensure all protocols and security measures are adhered to.
• Integrate T&E processes into the program, ensure adherence throughout the life of the program.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related technical field from an accredited institution.
• Current Top Secret Security Clearance.
• 10+ years of experience in technical program or project management, engineering management, engineering, or comparable skill, preferably supporting testing teams.
• Strong technical background with familiarity in systems engineering and/or software development.
• Must be able to execute the full test engineering process for a System-of-Systems (requirements, test planning, readiness reviews, safety reviews, test execution, test reporting, etc.) with little to no oversight utilizing company test and evaluation policy.
• Experience producing customer facing test deliverables (test plans, test reports, data analysis, etc.) and demonstrated maturity to articulate deliverable to a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience as a test conductor, test director, or similar role while executing testing.
• Experience executing ground test campaigns in hardware and/or software integration lab environments, including stimulus generation and truth system integration.
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and solve problems across a variety of engineering areas.
• Must be able to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver results in a highly ambiguous, fast-paced environment with little to no oversight.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the Department of Defense and/or Intelligence Community, particularly with the Missile Defense Agency.
• Experience in C++, Python, or other programming languages for data analysis.
• Familiarity with live-virtual-constructive (LVC) frameworks and simulation environments.
• Experience designing or operating hardware integration lab test benches, including bench fidelity assessment.
• Ability and willingness to travel to test sites for extended periods to serve as on-site test execution lead, approximately twice per year.

Benefits At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.