Senior Technical Program Manager, Small Drones

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. ABOUT THE TEAM The Tactical Recon & Strike team at Anduril develops aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and all equipment to test, deploy and operate. The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt and Altius from concepts to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers, hardware engineers, roboticists, and front-end mobile developers who are excited about creating a powerful robotics platform that can be tasked and viewed in real-time through a variety of interfaces. WHAT YOU’LL DO: 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, from full-software and hardware-in-the-loop simulations at Anduril HQ to flight test events and demonstrations at test sites. 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. Be an effective proxy in program and organizational matters to help engineering leads scale. 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. Instill an efficient project management mindset and workflow across the teams. 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, particularly where difficult prioritization conflicts exist. 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. Define efficient processes for communicating group program status more broadly. Remove obstacles to drive clarity and progress, identify gaps in communication or schedule, manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities, and drive results proactively. Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum of 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 abilit