Program Chief Engineer, SIP
AI summary of the role
Anduril seeks a Program Chief Engineer to serve as the technical owner for the SIP portfolio, responsible for driving technical strategy, execution, integration, deployment, and sustainment of complex mission systems from concept through operational use.
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What you’ll do
- Serve as the technical owner and chief engineer for the SIP portfolio, responsible for system architecture, technical execution, integration strategy, fielding readiness, and sustainment outcomes.
- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex mission systems that include Anduril products, Lattice integrations, third-party hardware/software, customer-furnished equipment, tactical networks, sensors, effectors, compute, communications, and operational workflows.
- Translate ambiguous customer needs into executable technical plans, product requirements, integration roadmaps, test plans, fielding plans, and sustainment concepts.
- Take new capabilities from 0 to 1 quickly, including early concept definition, rapid prototyping, R&D product creation, integration, test, operational demonstration, proposal support, and transition into program execution.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, systems engineering, aerospace, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in systems engineering, mission systems integration, defense technology, aerospace, autonomy, C2, tactical networks, cyber-physical systems, or deployed operational systems.
- Demonstrated experience serving as a technical lead, chief engineer, systems lead, or equivalent owner for complex hardware/software programs.
- Experience integrating complex systems of systems involving software, hardware, networking, sensors, communications, compute, autonomy, fielded equipment, and third-party systems.
Technologies
Lattice OS · C2 systems · tactical networks · sensor fusion · EO/IR · radar · counter-UAS · autonomous systems · RMF · ATO
About Anduril
Builds autonomous defense systems (drones, subs, sensors) unified by Lattice OS, an AI command-and-control layer sold to US/allied militaries.
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Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
sensor, command-and-control, third-party, and customer-furnished systems. The team operates at the intersection of product development, systems engineering, field operations, cyber authorization, customer delivery, sustainment, and business growth. This team is not only responsible for building technology; it is responsible for turning ambiguous customer needs into real operational capability. That means rapidly creating new R&D products, integrating third-party systems, supporting proposals and task orders, establishing technical baselines, obtaining and maintaining ATOs, deploying systems into theater, and sustaining those systems once they are in the hands of users. ABOUT THE ROLE Anduril is seeking a Program Chief Engineer to serve as the technical owner for the SIP portfolio. This person will be responsible for driving the technical strategy, execution, integration, deployment,
More from the job description
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. ABOUT THE TEAM The SIP team is responsible for delivering mission-critical, theater-relevant capabilities across a complex portfolio of hardware, software, networking, sensor, command-and-control, third-party, and customer-furnished systems. The team operates at the intersection of product development, systems engineering, field operations, cyber authorization, customer delivery, sustainment, and business growth. This team is not only responsible for building technology; it is responsible for turning ambiguous customer needs into real operational capability. That means rapidly creating new R&D products, integrating third-party systems, supporting proposals and task [... source excerpt omitted ...] al engineering teams, program leadership, business development, mission operations, cyber/security, manufacturing, logistics, field operations, third-party vendors, and government customers. This role requires someone equally comfortable reviewing an architecture diagram, leading a technical recovery effort, writing a BOE for a proposal, negotiating integration scope with a partner, briefing a customer, driving an ATO strategy, and troubleshooting deployed systems under operational pressure. Above all, this person must bring a mission-first, "Whatever It Takes" mindset: executing pragmatically, communicating clearly, owning outcomes, and making fast, technically sound decisions i [... source excerpt omitted ...] lding readiness, and sustainment outcomes. Lead end-to-end delivery of complex mission systems that include Anduril products, Lattice integrations, third-party hardware/software, customer-furnished equipment, tactical networks, sensors, effectors, compute, communications, and operational workflows. Translate ambiguous customer needs into executable technical plans, product requirements, integration roadmaps, test plans, fielding plans, and sustainment concepts. Take new capabilities from 0 to 1 quickly, including early concept definition, rapid prototyping, R&D product creation, integration, test, operational demonstration, proposal support, and transition into program executi
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