Anduril
Technical Program Manager, Mission Systems - Active Clearance
$167K–$222K
Costa Mesa, California, United States +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- Costa Mesa, California, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of progressive program management experience on government or defense programs.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field; advanced technical degree a plus.
About the job
Own government reference architecture programs, coordinating technical execution, schedules, costs, risks, and customer commitments across engineering and government stakeholders.
What you'll do
- Manage systems engineering execution across open architecture and adopting teams, and drive sprint-to-sprint outcomes across multiple efforts.
- Maintain systems engineering artifacts and contribute to technical strategy and implementation decisions with engineering leads.
- Build integrated schedules and allocation plans, and represent program status directly to government customers.
What they ask for
- Active US Secret clearance.
- Experience with systems engineering and/or software engineering.
- Demonstrated cross-functional team leadership and stakeholder relationship management.
- Experience owning program cost, schedule, and technical performance and serving as the primary government program office interface.
Nice to have
- Ability to obtain and hold a US Top Secret clearance.
- Experience with MOSA or open systems standards work, including GRA consortium participation.
Pay
$167,000 — $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Lattice OS
AI focus
The role involves developing understanding of Anduril's autonomy, simulation, and perception products. The company's broader work includes AI-powered systems, autonomy, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology.
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