Hardware Product Manager, Intelligence Systems

Hardware Product Manager, Intelligence Systems

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.

About The Team

Anduril Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers' most pressing national security requirements.

About The Job

As the HPM for a critical program in the Intelligence Systems business line, you will be heavily involved in solving real-world challenges. You will be positioned at the intersection of a variety of critical teams that you will work with to help progress technologies from initial concept through readiness for use in production. In addition, being the voice of the technology helping internal and external teams understand the missions the technology solves. Your day-to-day focus will change often as you navigate a complex technology development roadmap, but it should include opportunities such as developing a cross-functional strategy, gathering and reviewing critical market data, tracking key product alignment and cost metrics, meeting with external parties to present technology vision and impact, finding and reducing technical gaps in capabilities, and much more. Anduril is a rapidly growing company, and the right person for this role should be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment with many competing priorities while managing multiple projects in parallel. Candidates for this role should have experience in electrical hardware development and have ideally worked within all stages of a standard product life cycle, but specifically in the concept thru NPI. They should be technically inclined and able to comfortably understand core engineering design principals

What You'll Do

• You are well positioned to consistently interact with all teams at Anduril and often will be tasked to represent the project in a cross-functional capacity. You should be knowledgeable of not only the current state of the product, but also the various technical and operational factors which define the architecture and overall vision. Expect to work with program leadership, engineering, sourcing, quality, reliability, manufacturing and configuration management teams in support of executing program milestones and deliverables.
• Establishing key milestones and targets from across the organization to help define the product schedules and prioritization roadmap. This will require an in-depth understanding of what teams are affected by the various stages of your project's engineering development. You are to ensure that teams are being engaged at the right time and at the right product maturity stage to be successful. Identify and understand how your product fits within other product schedules. The roadmap you help develop would be the guide for your product that the organizations would reference and plan around.
• Evaluate and prioritize the various tasks required to successfully support the product development efforts. The HPM should be prepared to help drive to the best decision for the product and company. This generally should be a data driven approach, and should include inputs from all the various stakeholders to ensure the decision is well informed and can be successfully executed.
• Execute a variety of tasks to ensure the project stays on track. These tasks can take many forms as the HPM should be prepared to fill any gap to de-risk the roadmap including hardware, software, FPGA component ownership, design review input, design validation or verification activities.
• Expected to work closely with teams including, but not limited to: design engineering, finance, logistics, EHS, manufacturing, engineering testing, legal, technical operations, business strategy/programs, etc.
• Lead cross-functional system integration efforts to include Mechanical, Electrical, and FPGA components in support of program milestones and customer deliverables. Identify and determine the root cause of complex integration issues.
• Interact with customers or end users, triage change requests and integrate into product development road maps as required while keeping functional leads informed of impact to system subcomponents.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in electrical design, and development. (PCBA, harnessing, etc.)
• 7+ years of project management with experience managing multiple projects in parallel
• Understanding of PCB and electrical systems manufacturing processes
• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills
• Aptitude for working with internal and external stakeholders, across a wide range of technical areas
• Comfort working with data and complex analyses
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years in electrical design and development
• Experience with Embedded Systems and FPGA's
• Defense, National Security, or Aerospace domain familiarity through industry or education
• Experience with or interest in working with visual design tools

US Salary Range $166,000 - $220,000 USD

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:

Healthcare Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you. Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees. Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs. Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting. Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available. Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region. Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility. Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options. Pension plan with employer match. Superannuation plan.

The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.

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