Manager, Test and Evaluation

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

You will work as a highly motivated People Leader with a passion for leading technical teams to support cutting-edge programs across a variety of domains.

Responsibilities

• Own all results of your team, both the good and the bad.
• Manage test engineers to complete the end-to-end test process for a variety of program types, including ground systems, flight systems, and novel technologies.
• Lead by example, providing strong leadership/mentorship for your team, while also continuing to support at least one program with test engineering expertise.
• Coordinate with other Test and Evaluation teams, including engineers and pilots, to meet all testing demands of your business line.
• Maintain awareness of current status and future events on all programs that are assigned to your team in order to appropriately deconflict resources with internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate directly with business line leadership to determine the current and future needs of test and evaluation engineering support required.
• Inform Test and Evaluation hiring decisions based on personnel and skill requirements provided through coordination with the business lines you support.
• Manage and evolve your team's organisational structure to match both T&E engineering needs and the needs of your business lines.
• Move to problem areas or gaps in your team, coordinating solutions with all required stakeholders.
• Advise business line leadership on test and evaluation capabilities, including test site capabilities when required for customer briefings, program kickoffs, proposals, or other events.
• Be accountable for all administrative requirements for the members of your team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field from an accredited institution.
• 8+ years of hands-on test engineering experience or comparable skill, with 2+ years of proven leadership.
• Ability to travel up to 25% routinely and higher if needed.
• Possess a Top Secret US Security clearance, with eligibility for SCI access.
• Experience with the Department of War, Government Cyber Commands/Agencies, and/or the Intelligence Community.
• Aptitude for leadership and desire to be a people leader first, manager second.
• Experience producing or leading teams to produce customer-facing test process deliverables.
• Experience as a test conductor, test director, or similar test position.
• Experience working on government or private test sites/ranges.
• Experience conducting safety planning or risk management.
• Must be able to guidance or intent and turn it into actionable results with a team.
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and solve problems across a variety of engineering areas.
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams and external customers.
• Able to work extended hours on test sites or in support of testing as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership training.
• Experience working with the National Airspace System, UAS regulations, or other flight-related regulations.
• Experience with software-defined radios.
• Experience working alongside UAS operators or pilots to complete test/training objectives.
• Experience and working knowledge of radio frequency theory and/or communication physics.
• Experience and working knowledge of various communication protocols.
• Experience and working knowledge of a programming language.
• Experience utilizing a Linux Operating System or using Command Line Interface with another operating system.