Senior Manager, Operations

Anduril
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 166,000 - 220,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Program management","Operational coordination","Safety partnership"]

Lead end-to-end operations for flight and hardware test execution across Anduril’s test site network. You’ll oversee scheduling and coordination and on-the-ground site operations, manage two team leads, and drive throughput, safety, and quality through an operating cadence and performance metrics. Partner with hardware test leadership, safety and standards, product managers, and external range counterparts, while aligning capacity to program roadmaps and milestones.

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Anduril
Anduril
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Senior Manager, Operations

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end operations for flight and hardware test execution across Anduril’s test site network. You’ll oversee scheduling and coordination and on-the-ground site operations, manage two team leads, and drive throughput, safety, and quality through an operating cadence and performance metrics. Partner with hardware test leadership, safety and standards, product managers, and external range counterparts, while aligning capacity to program roadmaps and milestones.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead Scheduling & Coordination and Site Operations, including combined team performance, headcount planning, hiring, development, and career progression.
  • •Manage the end-to-end operating model for test execution: intake, prioritization, scheduling, resourcing, range setup, execution, and after-action closeout across internal and external sites.
  • •Serve as the single accountable operations leader for test-site throughput, resolving resource conflicts safely and efficiently.
  • •Partner with Hardware Test Operations leadership, Safety and Standards, hardware product managers, test engineering, EH&S, and facilities to align test-site capacity with roadmaps and milestones.
  • •Build and maintain metrics, dashboards, and operating reviews to make test-site performance visible to leadership.
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of progressive experience in test operations, flight test, range operations, or a closely related operational leadership field.
  • •3+ years of people-management experience, including managing other managers or team leads.
  • •Experience running or leading operations at a flight test range or DoD/DoE test range environment (e.g., UAS, cUAS, manned aviation, or autonomous systems).
  • •Strong program/project management foundation to run intake, prioritization, scheduling, and execution across multiple concurrent programs and sites.
  • •Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Experience:7+ yearsFlight testRange operationsDoDUASCUASManned aviationAutonomous systems
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationProgram managementOperational coordinationSafety partnership
Certifications:FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate
Tech Stack:AirtableAsanaMicrosoft OfficeSmartsheet

Eligibility

Security Clearance:U.S. Top 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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