Senior Manager, Software Engineering

The Maneuver Dominance team at Anduril develops operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy. We are focused on making large groups of autonomous systems work effectively together. We leverage existing Anduril drone platforms like Ghost or Altius, in addition to bringing 3rd party platforms into Anduril’s Lattice ecosystem.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Software Engineering for our growing team in Costa Mesa, CA. As Senior Manager on the Maneuver Dominance Engineering Team, you’ll own efforts to ensure that the Maneuver Dominance Software Team is operating effectively and efficiently. Your focus will be on technical engineering, but you will also be owning the operational aspects of a large software engineering team. You will be partnering with engineering leads, Program Managers, and the General Manager to optimize and scale team output, and ensure overall execution towards business goals is successful.
WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Technical Responsibilities:
• Lead software sprints and drive release readiness, while maintaining code quality across multiple sprint teams within the Business Line.
• Manage the development and deployment of major, minor, and patch releases for multiple products and programs.
• Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team software projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives. Instill an efficient project management mindset and workflow across the teams.
• Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive successful program execution and team velocity across groups of software teams and across departments.
• Balance and run a comprehensive portfolio of several programs, while functioning as the technical lead on select programs.
• Identify and resolve systemic execution challenges across the team.
• Business Line Leadership:
• Mentor a team of engineers to foster strong development processes and practices as well as develop future leaders.
• Drive, track, and communicate the progress of technical deliverables for the team’s key programs.
• Function as the primary liaison between the Software Engineering team and the Program Management team, using decisive and clear communication to translate between the two domains.
• Cross-Functional Leadership:
• Collaborate with internal team members and external partners to build technologies and processes which enable users to safely and rapidly develop and deploy autonomous systems.
• Define the roadmap and priorities for the Maneuver Dominance Software team, while working with partner engineering teams (e.g. Flight Software, GNC, and Hardware Engineering).
• Run high-stakes, high visibility engagements such as technical presentations to C-suite, senior leadership, and customer interactions.

CORE REQUIREMENTS:

• Technical Background:
• Strong engineering background with a total of 4+ years of experience in both 1) Software Engineering and 2) Engineering Management, and a Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering field.
• Strong understanding of robotics and autonomous systems.
• Experience with multiple programming languages such as C++, Rust, Python, and Golang.
• Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks.
• Extensive experience with Agile methods and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Ability to own, track, and drive execution of sprints and Jira boards.
• Ability to describe and figure out the shape of a problem and work through a solution.
• Strong technical, analytical, and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive decisions.
• Leadership Skills:
• An aptitude and appetite to thrive within organizations with: nascent structure, high-ownership culture, and a “whatever it takes” environment.
• A strong affinity and talent for working with people, navigating complex ecosystems of people, and leading cross-functional teams with proactivity, enthusiasm, and grit.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills and executive gravitas.
• Proven ability to make tough decisions around resource management.
• High discernment in translating contract requirements into actionable engineering roadmaps.
• Experience running projects and processes from the ground-up with little oversight; can unblock themselves.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.
• Must be willing to travel 25%, with some international.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with hardware, defense contracts, or aviation.
• Experience with Nix/NixOS.
• Experience implementing automated testing frameworks in a hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.