Manager, Launched Effects Technical Operations

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.

The Tactical Recon & Strike (TRS) team at Anduril develops small aerial drones (Group 1-3) along with all the necessary equipment for testing, deployment, and operation. The team transforms products like Ghost, Anvil, Altius, and Bolt from initial concepts into operational systems. We work closely with specialized teams to tackle some of our customers' most complex challenges. Currently, we are seeking a Manager for our Technical Operations team on the Launched Effects business line (Altius product), where you will leverage your operational and technical expertise to shape and deploy a solution of maximum effectiveness and reliability.

Your scope will include standing up forward‑deployed operations in austere environments, ensuring the successful combat employment of Anduril products, and shaping the long‑term sustainment of these products. In addition, you will be a core participant in customer demonstrations and customer trainings, and test events closer to home.

As a member of the Technical Operations team for TRS, you will play a critical role in bridging product engineering and deployed operations. You will be involved in unmanned air vehicle development programs, using your technical and operational expertise to deliver reliable solutions in challenging, remote environments. The Technical Operations team also plays an essential role in shaping the field sustainment of these products through various test and evaluation events, customer demonstrations, and deployments.

• Lead a large team of Technical Operations Engineers as they forward deploy to customer locations, test sites, and hazard zones to deploy the Altius product.
• Assist in event planning and resource allocation, keeping key stakeholders informed about Technical Operations requirements.
• Support the development and implementation of comprehensive operational and logistics plans for various events.
• Work cross functionally across both the Atlanta office, TRS division, and the whole of Anduril to ensure your team is supported and can accomplish the task.
• Develop and implement new processes and systems to benefit the team, track critical metrics, and help everyone perform at their best.
• Tackle complex issues related to hardware, software, and networking in unstructured situations, driving them to resolution.
• Maintain support plans for hardware and software.
• Support incident response root‑cause analyses (RCAs) for air systems in the field.
• Conduct after‑action reviews and implement preventive measures.
• Support events and military operations in the field by overseeing flight operations and interacting with customers directly.

• 10+ years of leadership experience on teams of 5 or more people.
• 7-8 years of experience in technical field operations, deployment execution, or similar hands‑on operational roles.
• Excellent communication skills; comfortable leading technical discussions and explaining complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability to cater the message based on the audience. Can brief from the team level all the way up to the General Manager.
• Proven capability to mentor and develop team members.
• Proven ability to master a technical system and support it in austere environments;
  Demonstrate deep subject matter expertise and trusted track record of impact.
• Experience performing data‑driven root cause analysis and troubleshooting on complex system
• Experience…