Manager, Test and Evaluation

About the role

This position will be filled by a highly motivated People Leader with a passion for leading technical teams to support cutting-edge programs across a variety of domains. You will work heavily with the engineering leadership, program leadership, and a wide spectrum of cross-departments to help build a team focused on solving hard problems.

Responsibilities

• Own all results of your team, both the good and the bad.
• Manage test engineers to complete the end-to-end test process for a variety of program types, including ground systems, flight systems, and novel technologies.
• Lead by example. You will be expected to provide strong leadership/mentorship for your team, some who will be senior engineers, while also continuing to support at least one program with test engineering expertise.
• Cook up with other Test and Evaluation teams, including engineers and pilots, to meet all testing demands of your business line.
• Maintain awareness of current status and future events on all programs that are assigned to your team in order to appropriately deconflict resources with internal and external stakeholders.
• Cook up directly with business line leadership (program managers, ops, directors, etc) to determine the current and future needs of test and evaluation engineering support required.
• Inform Test and Evaluation hiring decision based on personnel and skill requirements provided through coordination with the the business lines you support.
• Manage and evolve your teams organizational structure to match both T&E engineering needs and the needs of your business lines.
• Move to problem areas or gaps in your team. When there is an issue on your team, you will be expected to coordinate a solution to the problem with all required stakeholders.
• Advise business line leadership on test and evaluation capabilities, include test site capabilities when required for customer briefings, program kickoffs, proposals, or other events.
• Accountable for all administrative requirements for the members of your team (time cards, finance approvals, PTO, etc).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field from an accredited institution
• 8+ years of hands-on test engineering experience or comparable skill (i.e. military exercise planning & evaluation), with 2+ years of proven leadership (i.e. IPT lead, team lead, platoon leadership, etc.)
• Possess a Top Secret US Security clearance, with eligibility for SCI access
• Experience with the Department of War, Government Cyber Commands/Agencies, and/or the Intelligence Community
• Aptitude for leadership and desire to be a people leader first, manager second.
• Experience producing or leading teams to produce customer facing test process deliverables (test plans, test reports, data analysis, etc.) and demonstrated maturity to articulate deliverable to a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience as a test conductor, test director, or similar test position
• Experience working on government or private test sites/ranges
• Experience conducting safety planning or risk management
• Must be able to guidance or intent and turn it into actionable results with a team
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and solve problems across a variety of engineering areas
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams and external customers; demonstrated ability to collect differing opinions and reconcile them in order to achieve agreement on what 'right' looks like.
• Able to work extended hours on test sites or in support of testing as required.

Qualifications

• Experience with software defined radios
• Experience working along side UAS operators or pilots to complete test/training objectives
• Experience and working knowledge of radio frequency theory and/or communication physics
• Experience and working knowledge of various communication protocols (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LAN, WAN, etc)
• Experience and working knowledge of a programming language (C++, Python, MATLAB, etc)
• Experience utilizing a Linux Operating System (Ubuntu, Debian, etc) or using Command Line Interface with another operating system

Skills

• Leadership training (Education, employer provided, or self-study)
• Experience working with the National Airspace System, UAS regulations, or other flight related regulations
• Experience with software defined radios
• Experience working along side UAS operators or pilots to complete test/training objectives
• Experience and working knowledge of radio frequency theory and/or communication physics
• Experience and working knowledge of various communication protocols (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LAN, WAN, etc)
• Experience and working knowledge of a programming language (C++, Python, MATLAB, etc)
• Experience utilizing a Linux Operating System (Ubuntu, Debian, etc) or using Command Line Interface with another operating system

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
• Data privacy policy

Pay

US Salary Range $146,000—$194,000 USD

Schedule

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