Software Engineering Director

at  ANDURIL INDUSTRIES

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.
Anduril is seeking an Engineering Leader to join a group of amazingly talented people focused on delivering mission outcomes through technology. You will help lead the delivery of high stakes, high profile, complex customer programs while strengthening our engineering and program-specific capabilities across the business line. This is a technical leadership role within the group at Anduril that focuses on building hardware and software solutions, while connecting sensors and data across all domains, to all forces, and enabling and ensuring a scaled convergence of effects across a dynamic battle-space. We are looking for someone who has experience designing building and delivering complex customer programs that are diverse in nature and require you to leverage both technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build teams, and drive projects to completion. The ideal candidate will leverage their experience managing and executing to successfully deliver highly complex, optimized, multi-disciplinary products and programs.
Altius is one of Anduril’s Business Lines focused on building a next-gen software-enabled autonomous air vehicle capable of providing desired effects on the modern battlefield. We work with mission partners and operators to deploy reliable and robust capabilities on operationally-relevant fielding timelines to meet complex challenges across the DOD and IC.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• DOD background or extensive expertise in working with operational partners
• Proven history of managing multiple enterprise-scale partners
• Engineering product background and experience building a technical product
• Significant customer-facing experience (ie. strong inter-personal skills / executive gravitas) leading high profile and high stakes programs where success, and associated revenue collection, is tied to complete program success
• Managing complex personalities, high profile individuals and different relationships across government, services, commands, or countries
• Track record of transitioning to production while doing R&D
• Ability to decompose complex problems and define scope, timelines and milestones
• Managed major customer/capital spend on programs that required large numbers of engineers
• Deep understanding of unmanned aircraft and/or autonomous systems
• Knowledge of DO-178C and MIL-STD 822E
• Proven ability to drive rigorous software validation and verification in a dynamic delivery environment
• Strong understanding of the “why” behind Vehicle and Systems design
• Experience working on mission critical DOD systems
• Experience creating teams and focusing them around a common vision
• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Software engineering, or equivalent experience in a relevant field. Strong preference for Software or Electrical
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Top Secret clearanceDesigned Built
• Delivered experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Top Secret clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Software-centric background with an emphasis on integration(s) within customer systems
• Experience in a senior role leading air vehicle programs from initial concept through test and delivery to customers
• Software and hardware systems experience
• Experience with Command & Control systems
  $193,800 - $290,700

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Define a vision and develop a strategy for maturing our delivery model, weaving together customer intent and Anduril’s desired outcomes into a long-term roadmap for Altius business line strategy
• Strengthen and grow a dedicated software discipline around the end to end delivery of complex customer projects here at Anduril
• Effectively lead and execute complex customer programs while managing customer spend, transitioning [them] from R&D to production while working with the executive team
• Build and run a portfolio of software-driven programs that span major customer/capital spend AND/OR unpaid, self-funded IRAD to advance an objective, or support customer exercises
• Effectively lead, manage, and execute - from early stage system design, market surveys, and technical evaluations to later stage software development, system integration, testing and deployment and management of a potentially large number of engineers, spanning from embedded robotic software to Command and Control (C2) and simulation(s)

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril’s total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer top tier platinum coverage (medical, dental, vision) that are 100% covered by Anduril for you and 90% covered for your dependents.
• For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
• For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
• Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only