Anduril
Deputy Program Chief Engineer
Irvine, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- No number of years specified.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, computer science, or related field preferred.
About the job
Leads technical program execution for Air Defense initiatives, coordinating stakeholders and engineering teams to deliver and sustain capabilities in operational environments.
What you'll do
- Serve as the technical liaison to clients and align requirements, feedback, and system updates with engineering.
- Own technical outcomes, system performance, incident response, and improvement metrics.
- Plan and resource initiatives, coordinate cross-team execution, and support technical proposals.
What they ask for
- Customer-facing technical program management and/or systems engineering experience; defense, national security, or aerospace experience preferred.
- Experience leading a technical team of peers to field hardware or software products in real operating environments.
- Technical aptitude to understand designs, software development lifecycle, challenges, and risks, and work effectively with engineering teams.
- Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance; must be able to travel up to 50% of the time.
Nice to have
- Bachelor of Science in engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- Experience with JIRA and Confluence; organizational process-change experience.
Tools
JIRA, Confluence
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