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Chief Engineer, USMC, Air Defense

Anduril · Huntsville, Alabama, United States; Irvine, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States; Washington,... · On-site

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About Anduril

Anduril Industries builds advanced autonomous systems and defense technology to protect US and allied forces. Creating the future of national security through AI, robotics, and cutting-edge engineering. Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and a16z.

About the role

Anduril runs two kinds of air defense programs for the U.S. Marine Corps. The first is a counter-UAS program of record that defends Marine Corps installations in the U.S. and overseas. The second is organic counter-UAS for the Marine maneuver force across dismounted, mounted, and expeditionary formations, where the Marine Corps is selecting systems now through competitive white papers, government demonstrations, and fly-offs. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Engineering, science, or other technical degree, or equivalent practical experience
  • 10+ years of systems or engineering experience, with a track record of technical ownership on fielded systems
  • End-to-end technical accountability for whether a delivered system worked in an operational environment, not only for producing its design artifacts
  • Ownership of the architecture, interface set, and verification approach for a program or portfolio delivered to a U.S. defense customer
  • Ability to carry technical authority across teams that don't report to you, and to brief senior technical leadership and customer program leadership directly
  • Ability to negotiate requirements, deviations, and acceptance with a customer's technical representatives, and to write a credible basis of estimate
More about this role

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.

Anduril's Air Defense team develops, integrates, and fields autonomous systems that find, track, and defeat threats in the sky while keeping operators in control of engagement decisions. The team brings together Roadrunner, Sentry, Anvil, Pulsar, and Wisp with existing and third-party sensors and effectors through Lattice, creating a software-enabled family of systems for the modern battlespace. As control of the air becomes more contested, these networked capabilities...

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