Program Chief Engineer

Anduril
Irvine
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunityExperience: 4+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

Lead and own a defense-focused autonomous systems program, driving technical outcomes from concept through execution across cross-functional teams. Manage stakeholder engagement, define strategic plans, and ensure delivery of hardware/software integrations in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment while aligning with client needs and company goals.

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Anduril
Anduril
10 months ago

Program Chief Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead and own a defense-focused autonomous systems program, driving technical outcomes from concept through execution across cross-functional teams. Manage stakeholder engagement, define strategic plans, and ensure delivery of hardware/software integrations in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment while aligning with client needs and company goals.
Location: Irvine
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community

Key Responsibilities

  • •Stakeholder engagement and technical liaison to clients, guiding the engineering roadmap and communicating outputs such as releases and new capabilities.
  • •Own the technical narrative from product delivery through continuous improvements and credibly represent the system to both technical and nontechnical clients.
  • •Translate strategic goals into actionable project plans, manage resources and budgets, and drive initiatives to successful completion with data-driven leadership.
  • •Execute autonomously in broad or ambiguous client requirements, shaping requirements to deliver optimal product for client and company.
  • •Enable cross-team collaboration by unblocking and accelerating programs spanning hardware, software, test, and field operations.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health Insurance401kRetirementCommuter BenefitsRelocation

Key Requirements

  • •Minimum of 4+ years experience as a Chief Engineer, Technical Program Manager, Technical Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer in an autonomous systems, robotics, or software development environment.
Experience:4+ yearsDefenseAerospaceRoboticsSoftware development
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:JIRAConfluenceRoboticsComputer vision

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Secret

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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