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.
Chief Engineer, Digital Infrastructure, AD&S
WHY WE'RE HERE
The Air Dominance and Strike Division is one of Anduril’s fastest growing divisions whose goal is to fundamentally reshape the way future peer to peer conflicts are fought by developing next generation software enabled collaborative air combat weapons. Our division develops, builds, and tests collaborative combat aircraft, missiles, and the software that powers these collaborative robots.
We are seeking a Chief Engineer that will be responsible for management of multiple active DoD contracts that fund the development and sustainment of the Digital Infrastructure and engineering workflows that support the engineering teams within Air Dominance & Strike. This Chief Engineer will be responsible for collaborating with other Anduril teams to define Air Dominance & Strike’s digital infrastructure strategy, will make direct contribution to each draft proposal response with Digital Infrastructure requirements (this is all of them), and will oversee resourcing, program management, and execution for all Digital Infrastructure contracts and contract line items. The ideal candidate has proven experience building and maintaining complex Digital Infrastructure across multiple security domains and supporting multiple engineering disciplines (both hardware and software).
As the Chief Engineer for Digital Infrastructure you are directly responsible for ensuring that each Air Dominance & Strike program is equipped with the information technology required to successfully execute. You will be directly responsible for the management of any contract exclusively funding the development and sustainment of Digital Infrastructure within Air Dominance & Strike. You must demonstrate a history of successfully supporting complex portfolios of programs each with their own milestone schedule. Success in this role will require you to be an effective manager and a helpful collaborator. You will directly manage a small team of program managers and engineers and will collaborate closely with many other Anduril engineering teams such as, Classified IT, Business Systems, Information Security, and Physical Security.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Specify the Digital Infrastructure required to support execution on each AD&S program.
- Manage the development, delivery, maintenance, and operations of Digital Infrastructure supporting AD&S programs.
- Ensure that all Digital Infrastructure contracted obligations are performed and related revenue captured.
- Define a Digital Infrastructure vision and supporting roadmap that creates a competitive advantage for AD&S during contract capture.
- Ensure that all outgoing AD&S proposals properly articulate the AD&S Digital Infrastructure strategy, capability, and opportunity.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience leading cross discipline software engineering teams executing across many disparate lines of effort in highly regulated industries.
- Demonstrated experience as a principal level individual contributor working with high performing software engineering teams.
- Demonstrated experience automating complex engineering workflows and implementing robust change management and observability infrastructure.
- Strong ability to synthesize customer objectives into engineering outcomes.
- Ability to work in a functional matrix organization.
- Designed → Built → Delivered experience.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Top Secret clearance.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience supporting digital infrastructure and proposal development that supports the United States Intelligence Community or Department of Defense.
- Willingness to travel frequently.
Role can sit in either Cosa Mesa, CA or Washington DC
US Salary Range
$168,000—$294,000 USD
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)
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!
To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.
Top Skills
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Anduril is a defense products company. Unlike most defense companies, we don’t wait for our customers to tell us what they need. We identify problems, privately fund our R&D and sell finished products off the shelf. Ideas are turned into deployed capabilities in months, not years.
Why Work With Us
Thinkers and doers working interdependently. We bring the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters.
Gallery
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
Anduril Teams
Anduril Offices
OnSite Workspace
