Director of Enterprise Systems Test

Overview

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Anduril’s systems are powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns data streams into a realtime 3D command and control center. The company aims to bring cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in a fast timeline.

This position seeks a highly motivated senior leader in Hardware Test Engineering with emphasis on developmental test, rapid development, and instrumentation. The right candidate will have a passion for creative, scalable, and effective problem solving. This role supports Anduril’s program leadership across diverse product development efforts and operates in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.

The Hardware Test Operations team works across products and business lines, as well as flight operations and test range management. The team conducts end-to-end testing, including new production acceptance testing and sub-component qualification testing, among other activities. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to contribute to innovative and high-impact products.

• Lead the Hardware Test Enterprise Support organization—a centralized engineering shared-services team including development testing, test instrumentation, data operations, rapid integration and test, and airworthiness—and balance resources, schedules, and priorities across all product divisions.
• Sit at the intersection of multiple product units (air, maritime, land, and counter-UAS) and core engineering teams, translating diverse validation needs into standardized, scalable test processes and workflows.
• Support product lines as a key partner in test architecture development and collaborate on the strategic vision and infrastructure roadmap for test facilities, environmental labs, and automated test data systems to enable rapid scaling.
• Lead the enterprise-wide implementation of new testing facilities and capital equipment, including comprehensive RFP processes, and onboard newly acquired teams to Anduril’s testing and airworthiness ecosystem.
• Partner with hardware vendors and third-party labs to negotiate enterprise-level agreements and standardize data acquisition and calibration tools across the company.
• Work with internal software and data teams to build a unified, enterprise-grade test data platform that ingests, processes, and visualizes multi-domain telemetry for easy access by design engineers.
• Implement and support business health and productivity reporting to improve program management, tracking, and reporting across major qualification campaigns and test programs.
• Optimize enterprise test operations and scheduling to manage lab capacity, coordinate shared assets, and eliminate bottlenecks across divisional timelines.
• Develop and drive a strategic roadmap for enterprise hardware testing to support expansion into new product domains and environments (underwater, surface, land, air, and space).
• Establish and monitor KPIs and internal SLAs to measure throughput, asset utilization, safety, and the operational impact of the Enterprise Support organization on product divisions.

• 15+ years of experience in hardware testing, system validation, or multi-disciplinary physical engineering programs, with leadership of centralized, multi-client, or enterprise-level support structures.
• Extensive experience with physical testing methodologies across multiple product domains, including structural/environmental testing, instrumentation, systems integration (HIL/SIL), and multi-domain regulatory standards (aviation, maritime, or ground systems).
• Energy and passion to work at a hyper-growth startup disrupting the defense industry and a firm belief in Anduril’s mission.
• Strong empathy for internal customers and a track record of delivering high-velocity testing services while avoiding slow, paper-heavy processes.
• Experience configuring test operations, specialized labs, and secure data pipelines with awareness of data residency, ITAR/EAR compliance, and multi-site secure test ranges.
• Experience with regulated compliance frameworks (e.g., NAVSEA, MIL-STD-810, MIL-HDBK-516, DO-160, or FAA) and navigating governance landscapes to enable rapid cross-domain deployment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to translate complex, multi-domain requirements into unified testing solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to manage competing priorities and present risk, readiness, and compliance status to leadership and customers.
• People management experience with the ability to lead and scale engineering managers and technical leaders in a matrixed environment.
• Eligible to obtain up to a Top Secret clearance.

US Salary Range

$220,000 - $292,000 USD