Manager, Software Engineering

We are seeking a Manager, Software Engineering to lead a team of software engineers in delivering a variety of software integrated into our products. This includes autonomy, simulation, data processing, payload integration, and off-board command and control or decision support.

As a Manager, Software Engineering, you will be responsible for demonstrating end-to-end outcome ownership of a major system within an integrated product, and the team responsible for building and maintaining it. You will contribute as a team lead to the rapid architecting, design, delivery, support, and evolution of next-generation autonomous platforms through their entire product life-cycle.

Key responsibilities include:

• Empathizing with end-users and driving solutions that balance their needs with external constraints, restrictions, and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment
• Being accountable for software-enabled solutions that are deployed to customers, optimizing for the delivery of value to the end-user
• Collaborating with your Technical Lead to architect scalable software that rapidly delivers capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time
• Coordinating your team's roadmap and execution with other teams across Anduril, with the aim of developing components that are reusable across multiple Anduril product lines
• Contributing to the design, implementation, and execution of development processes for the initial delivery and subsequent iteration of vehicle and mission software, including full lifecycle testing, monitoring, and operation
• Managing a 6-18 month roadmap for your team, nested within broader organisational roadmap
• Managing an allocated budget for your team
• Managing programmatic risk for your team, and collaborating with your Technical Lead to manage technical risk, including sound and timely decision making
• Leading by example as a technically competent, trustworthy, and accountable team lead
• Communicating organisational vision, strategy, and direction to your team
• Defining, documenting, gaining consensus for, and communicating appropriate goals and plans for your team, derived from broader organisational vision, strategy, and priorities
• Building your team through mentoring, professional development, career management, and collaboration with Anduril's recruiting and people functions
• Working as a leader of a multi-disciplinary engineering team of 4-10 members, including as a mentor and manager for Engineers from differing backgrounds
• Reporting to a manager who may or may not have a background in software engineering
• Traveling to co-locate with end-users and/or other teams up to 20% of the time