Technical Director, Intelligence Systems

About the role

Anduril Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers' most pressing national security requirements. The Technical Director will provide technical expertise across the portfolio covering two flagship contracts. The Technical Director will set the technical vision for each new effort, identify new efforts that can be translated into tasks, work with the portfolio lead to manage new capture efforts, and spend equal time coordinating the technical effort within Anduril across the business. The Technical Director will identify and help architect new Intellectual Property and help shape new product offerings that can be leveraged back into the portfolio and back into the Anduril ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Lead inter-disciplinary team (e.g., Software, Hardware, Robotics, T&E) to develop and deliver integrated systems for multi-purpose missions.
• Set technical vision and define system architecture to guide overarching development efforts
• Establish and maintain best practices for system development, including software standards, code reviews, configuration management, build processes, testing, etc.
• Triage issues, conduct root cause analysis of failures, and coordinate next steps with engineering teams
• Mentor junior engineers and ensure technical team is professionally developing at tenure-appropriate levels
• Support local engagements with the local customer as the technical SME
• Work with Portfolio Lead to manage new capture efforts
• Travel up to 25% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities at Anduril test ranges and customer-directed sites
• CORE REQUIREMENTS
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
• A minimum of 15 years of experience in autonomous systems, robotics, and defense applications within the intelligence or defense communities
• Experience in a technical management/engineering role, leading teams to integrate software and hardware solutions.
• Experience developing and executing complex technical programs to include
• Payload, sensor integration
• Navigation / Autonomy
• Networking / Communications
• Optical sensing, radar, RF, EW
• UAS Systems
• Systems Architecture - Payload integration level (Delivered the systems specifically)
• Rapid integration timeline and field testing/field deployment

Requirements

• Experience with SITL and HITL simulation environments and the execution of comprehensive testing programs
• Experience deploying technical solutions in the field both foreign and domestic
• US Salary Range
• $191,000 - $253,000 USD

Benefits

Additional Information

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.

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