Technical Operations Team Lead, Anvil

Anduril Industries


Job Location:

Costa Mesa, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 146000 - 193000
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About The Team


The Tactical Recon & Strike (TRS) team at Anduril develops small aerial drones (Group 1-3) along with all the necessary equipment for testing deployment and operation. The team transforms products like Ghost Anvil Altius and Bolt from initial concepts into operational systems. We work closely with specialized teams to tackle some of our customers most complex challenges. Currently we are seeking a Technical Operations Engineer lead for our Anvil product where you will leverage your operational and technical expertise to shape and deploy a solution of maximum effectiveness and reliability. Your scope will include directly integrating with the product team to help drive system improvements as well as deploying to austere and hazardous locations to support the operational employment and long-term sustainment of our Anvil products.

About The Job

As a member of the Technical Operations team for TRS you will play a critical role in bridging product engineering and deployed operations. You will be involved in unmanned air vehicle development programs using your technical and operational expertise to deliver reliable solutions in challenging remote environments. As the lead Technical Operations Engineer for Anvil you will be uniquely positioned to be an individual contributor across the entirety of the Anvil portfolio with the opportunity to grow your team as the product scales. You will be the primary point of contact for all Anvil field events and demos helping to develop plans for success that meet the specific goals of each customer while also travelling to support as needed.

What Youll Do

  • Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the product. Assist in event planning and resource allocation keeping key stakeholders informed about support requirements to reduce risk and ensure success.
  • Advise internal and customer teams on operational employment and best practices.
  • Tackle complex issues related to hardware software and networking in unstructured situations driving them to resolution
  • Support military aviation and customer support projects by executing flight operations conducting field maintenance providing customer field support and training
  • Communicate field issue status to internal and customer teams keeping them informed.
  • Support the development and implementation of comprehensive operational and logistical plans for feature updates on the overall system.
  • Incident response root-cause analyses (RCAs) for air systems in the field
  • Conduct post-incident reviews and implement preventive measures
  • Maintain up-to-date documentation

Required Qualifications:

  • 3 years of experience of strong problem solving in unstructured environments at the interface of hardware software and networking.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude to troubleshoot and repair critical site product components and infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated understanding of flight operations aircraft systems and sensors
  • Willingness to work with energetic material (warheads).
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or collaboratively in a team.
  • Willingness to travel up to 80% including to hazard zones
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret/Secret security clearance
  • This position is based in Costa Mesa CA and is not eligible for remote or hybrid work

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Degree in aerospace engineering computer science mechanical engineering or related field
  • Experience with weapon systems for manned aircraft UAS or missiles
  • Experience with munitions live fire testing or munitions handling
  • Experience with VTOL quad copter air systems
  • Demonstrated coding experience in Linux or similar programming languages
  • Background in military deployments with Special Operations Forces or to hazard zones.

US Salary Range

$146000 - $193000 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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

Benefits

At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.

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About The TeamThe Tactical Recon & Strike (TRS) team at Anduril develops small aerial drones (Group 1-3) along with all the necessary equipment for testing deployment and operation. The team transforms products like Ghost Anvil Altius and Bolt from initial concepts into operational systems. We work ...