Technical Program Manager, Seabed Sentry
About the role
The Technical Program Manager will drive the execution, demonstration, and fielding of a Maritime Domain Awareness solution for autonomous underwater vehicles. They will own everything from software product roadmap to on-the-water customer demos. They will serve as the connective tissue between software, firmware, and hardware teams while acting as the primary company representative in front of defense customers during field events, exercises, and operational engagements.
Responsibilities
- Work within a team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the life of AUV through integration, test, verification, and demonstration efforts.
- Ensure successful execution of programs in accordance with desired requirements, on schedule, and on budget.
- Software Product Management: Own the product backlog and near-term roadmap for software/application layers of the acoustic mesh networking solution. Prioritize features, fixes, and technical debt based on customer feedback, field results, and demonstration objectives. Drive release planning tied to field schedules—ensure what ships to the water works in the water. Maintain a tight feedback loop: every field event generates inputs that improve the next build.
- Demonstration Planning & Product Readiness: Own the demonstration roadmap: define what we show, when, and why it matters to the customer's mission and acquisition timeline. Drive product readiness for field events—coordinate feature prioritization, system configuration, and release timing across hardware and software teams. Manage all field event logistics: scheduling, range/vessel coordination, equipment staging, and go/no-go readiness decisions. Build repeatable playbooks while maintaining flexibility to adapt to rapid timelines and shifting customer needs.
- Onsite Customer Support & Field Troubleshooting: Serve as the primary onsite representative during demonstrations, exercises, and customer engagements—often the only company face in the room. Troubleshoot system-level issues in real time (network behavior, acoustic links, software/UI), coordinating with remote engineering when needed. Manage customer expectations transparently; provide operational guidance, walkthroughs, and workarounds under pressure.
- Customer & Stakeholder Engagement: Build trusted relationships with defense customers, fleet units, and operators. Align demonstration activities to customer decision points and operational exercises for maximum impact. Support proposals and capture efforts with technical content, demonstration results, and capability narratives.
- Technical Coordination: Serve as connective tissue between software, firmware, acoustic hardware, and systems integration teams. Maintain working knowledge of acoustic communications, mesh networking, and underwater sensing to credibly represent the product and triage field issues.
- Autonomous Execution & Decision Authority: Operate with a high degree of independence in the field and across program activities—making real-time decisions on scope, priorities, and resource allocation without requiring constant escalation. Exercise sound judgment to act on behalf of the program and the company in ambiguous, fast-moving situations where waiting for direction is not an option.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering or related field and a passion for hardware development.
- 5+ years of robotics experience, specifically in technical project management and/or systems engineering, or related project management and/or systems engineering experience in a relevant industry.
- Experience leading or executing product development of any type of system from TRL 3-8.
- Must be able to translate system test, integration and troubleshooting.
- Understanding of government contract structure and reporting.
- Extremely organized and detail oriented.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Mission-first mindset: urgency matters, good enough today beats perfect next quarter.
- Experience interfacing with DoD/USN customers.
- Experience integrating subsea sensors.
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
What You'll Do
Work within a team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the life of AUV through integration, test, verification, and demonstration efforts.
Ensure successful execution of programs in accordance with desired requirements, on schedule, and on budget.
Software Product Management: Own the product backlog and near-term roadmap for software/application layers of the acoustic mesh networking solution. Prioritize features, fixes, and technical debt based on customer feedback, field results, and demonstration objectives. Drive release planning tied to field schedules—ensure what ships to the water works in the water. Maintain a tight feedback loop: every field event generates inputs that improve the next build.
Demonstration Planning & Product Readiness: Own the demonstration roadmap: define what we show, when, and why it matters to the customer's mission and acquisition timeline. Drive product readiness for field events—coordinate feature prioritization, system configuration, and release timing across hardware and software teams. Manage all field event logistics: scheduling, range/vessel coordination, equipment staging, and go/no-go readiness decisions. Build repeatable playbooks while maintaining flexibility to adapt to rapid timelines and shifting customer needs.
Onsite Customer Support & Field Troubleshooting: Serve as the primary onsite representative during demonstrations, exercises, and customer engagements—often the only company face in the room. Troubleshoot system-level issues in real time (network behavior, acoustic links, software/UI), coordinating with remote engineering when needed. Manage customer expectations transparently; provide operational guidance, walkthroughs, and workarounds under pressure.
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement: Build trusted relationships with defense customers, fleet units, and operators. Align demonstration activities to customer decision points and operational exercises for maximum impact. Support proposals and capture efforts with technical content, demonstration results, and capability narratives.
Technical Coordination: Serve as connective tissue between software, firmware, acoustic hardware, and systems integration teams. Maintain working knowledge of acoustic communications, mesh networking, and underwater sensing to credibly represent the product and triage field issues.
Autonomous Execution & Decision Authority: Operate with a high degree of independence in the field and across program activities—making real-time decisions on scope, priorities, and resource allocation without requiring constant escalation. Exercise sound judgment to act on behalf of the program and the company in ambiguous, fast-moving situations where waiting for direction is not an option.
Regular travel to support customer sites, ranges, and fleet locations (including OCONUS/shipboard) approximately 40%-60% of the time.
What You'll Need
- Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering or related field and a passion for hardware development.
- 5+ years of robotics experience, specifically in technical project management and/or systems engineering, or related project management and/or systems engineering experience in a relevant industry.
- Experience leading or executing product development of any type of system from TRL 3-8.
- Must be able to translate system test, integration and troubleshooting.
- Understanding of government contract structure and reporting.
- Extremely organized and detail oriented.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
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)
- Health, recovery, and whatever comes next
Pay
$129,000—$171,000 USD
Schedule
Regular travel to support customer sites, ranges, and fleet locations (including OCONUS/shipboard) approximately 40%-60% of the time.
Application Instructions
No application instructions provided.