Program Manager, Mission Autonomy, Clearance

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.

We are seeking a highly motivated Program Manager (PM) to oversee the software release lifecycle and development process within the Mission Autonomy division to support autonomous flight initiatives. In this role, you will lead the Internal Research & Development (IRAD) efforts to develop, integrate, test, and operationalize next‑generation mission autonomy software onto airframes. You will spend your time collaborating with world‑class software engineers, systems engineers, quality assurance, and flight test pilots to test and validate autonomy solutions in simulation and prove it in the air.

• Drive the Autonomy
  
  Roadmap:
  
  Own the end‑to‑end scope, schedule, budget, resource allocation, and execution of the Mission Autonomy IRAD roadmap.
• Lead Test & Evaluation Strategy: Own the strategy, development, and execution of team‑controlled test environments (Simulation, Software‑in‑the‑Loop, Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop) and test infrastructure. Partner with Test & Evaluation teams to coordinate real‑world flight testing, ensuring software is thoroughly tested before live flight.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including software engineers, hardware engineers, chief engineers, program managers, business operations, and finance to meet the IRAD objectives.
• Facilitate Technical Decisions: Develop deep technical fluency in vehicle systems to effectively facilitate architectural discussions, evaluate engineering trade‑offs, and drive team consensus.
• Unblock the Engineering Team: Anticipate bottlenecks, manage risk, make prioritization trade‑offs, and clear administrative and logistical hurdles so engineers can focus on building.
• Strategic Capture: Manage capture programs by helping identify opportunities, assessing viability, developing a winning strategy, and supporting proposals.
• Report to Leadership: Provide clear, data‑driven status updates, risk assessments, and flight‑test debriefs to executive leadership and key stakeholders.

• Active U.S. Security Clearance: Must possess an active Secret clearance (TS/SCI strongly preferred).
• Technical Foundation: Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven PM
  
  Experience:
  
  4+ years of technical program management, product management, or engineering leadership experience in the aerospace, defense, autonomous systems industries, or relevant industry.
• Bias for Action: Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, ambiguous, and rapidly changing environment as a self‑starter who gets things done.
• Travel: Ability to travel up to 30‑50% to operations sites and test ranges.

• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance.
• Autonomy Expertise: Experience with autonomous command and control (C2), collaborative autonomy, or AI/ML‑driven decision‑making systems.
• Flight Test
  
  Experience:
  
  Direct hands‑on experience planning, executing, and analyzing flight tests for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)—ideally Group 3, 4, or 5 platforms.
• Pilot or Operator
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience as a rated pilot (manned) or UAS operator (Group 3‑5) is a significant plus.

$166,000 – $220,000 USD

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.