Program Manager, Mission Autonomy

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 highly motivated Program Manager (PM) to oversee the software release lifecycle and development process within the Mission Autonomy division to support autonomous flight initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own the Autonomy Roadmap: You will own the end-to-end scope, schedule, budget, resource allocation, and execution of the roadmap for strategic, customer-facing autonomy deployments.
• Lead Test & Evaluation Strategy: Develop and execute team-controlled test environments and test infrastructure. Partner with Test & Evaluation (T&E) teams to coordinate real-world flight testing.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, hardware engineers, chief engineers, program managers, business operations, and finance.
• Facilitate Technical Decisions: Develop deep technical fluency in vehicle systems to facilitate architectural discussions and drive team consensus.
• Unblock the Engineering Team: Anticipate bottlenecks, manage risk, and clear administrative and logistical hurdles.
• Strategic Capture: Manage capture programs by identifying opportunities and developing a winning strategy.
• Report to Leadership: Provide clear, data-driven status updates and risk assessments to executive leadership and key stakeholders.

Requirements

• Technical Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven PM Experience: 4+ years of technical program management, product management, or engineering leadership experience in the aerospace, defense, autonomous systems industries, or relevant industry.
• Bias for Action: Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly changing environment.
• Travel: Ability to travel up to 50% to operations sites and test ranges.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance.
• Autonomy Expertise: Experience with autonomous command and control (C2), collaborative autonomy, or AI/ML-driven decision-making systems.
• Flight Test Experience: Direct hands-on experience planning, executing, and analyzing flight tests for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
• Pilot or Operator Experience: Experience as a rated pilot (manned) or UAS operator (Group 3-5).

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including a comprehensive, competitive benefits package.