Senior Manager Development Test

This position is looking for a highly motivated engineering leader in Hardware Test with emphasis in development test capabilities environmental testing structural testing wind tunnel operations and other specialized physical test disciplines. The right candidate will have a passion for creative scalable and effective problem solving and a strong distaste for slow paper-heavy legacy aerospace person will work closely with Andurils program and product leadership supporting a broad spectrum of hardware programs and partnering to solve hard problems in product development and qualification. Anduril is a rapidly growing company and the right person for this role should thrive in a fast-paced environment with many competing priorities.

The Enterprise Test Capabilities team at Anduril provides centralized development test services acrossthe full spectrum of products and business lines. Our team owns the physical test infrastructurespecialized labs instrumentation calibration programs and capital equipment that enable productdivisions to execute environmental structural wind tunnel and other niche qualification andcharacterization campaigns. We translate ambiguous validation needs into executable test strategiesand build the scalable processes and facilities that let Anduril test at startup speed with engineeringrigor. If it involves physical development test we own the capability. If you want your work to directlyaccelerate the products Anduril fields this is the role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Enterprise Test Capabilities organizationa centralized engineering team ofdevelopment test engineers technicians and technical leadsproviding environmentalstructural wind tunnel and other specialized test execution instrumentation data acquisitionand physical test infrastructure across Andurils product portfolio.
• Own and scale niche test capabilities (environmental qualification structural loads anddynamics wind tunnel characterization and emerging disciplines) ensuring the organization canexecute complex campaigns with speed and rigor as Andurils portfolio grows.
• Manage capital equipment lab infrastructure calibration processes and shared test assetsincluding planning prioritization procurement utilization maintenance and long-rangecapability road mappingto keep pace with program demand.
• Drive the expansion of internal test capabilities reducing dependency on external facilities andenabling faster design iteration aerodynamic characterization and product readiness.
• Partner with program and product leaders to translate system-level validation needs intoexecutable test strategies resource plans instrumentation architectures and risk-based testcampaigns.
• Lead test architecture and readiness planning for complex hardware programs including fixturestrategy data requirements sensor selection DAQ configuration calibrated instrumentationand post-test data review.
• Balance competing program priorities across a matrixed high-growth environment by allocatingscarce engineering talent lab space instrumentation calibrated assets and capital equipmentagainst the highest business-impact work.
• Build scalable processes for test intake prioritization planning execution data deliverycalibration control and lessons learnedreplacing ad hoc hero mode execution withrepeatable high-velocity workflows.
• Establish operating mechanisms for resource tracking lab capacity equipment utilizationcalibration status schedule risk and program support visibility to improve decision-makingacross leadership teams.
• Partner with vendors third-party labs facilities teams and equipment suppliers to expandinternal capability execute capital projects and RFPs and maintain execution independencewhere it matters.
• Develop technical leaders engineers and technicians through career ladders levelingexpectations mentorship hiring organizational design and performance management in a fast-scaling test organization.
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point for high-consequence development test issuesbringing cross-disciplinary experience in loads dynamics environmental testinginstrumentation and systems engineering to diagnose failures and drive practical solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years of progressive experience in test engineering test operations or related hardwaredevelopment disciplines within defense aerospace or high-reliability industries.
• 5 years of direct leadership and people-management experience including building teams
  managing technical leads and scaling organizations.
• Deep hands-on experience in one or more of the following: environmental testing (thermalvibration shock) structural loads and dynamics testing wind tunnel testing or other specializedphysical test disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to manage capital equipment portfolios lab infrastructure calibrationprograms and multi-million-dollar test budgets.
• Experience developing and executing test strategies for complex hardware systems fromdevelopment through qualification.
• Energy and passion to work at a hyper-growth startup that is aggressively disrupting the defenseindustry and a firm belief in Andurils mission.
• Deep empathy towards your internal customersthe product divisions and design engineerswho rely on your test infrastructurestrongly held opinions about how to deliver high-velocitytesting services and a strong distaste for old aerospace paper-heavy slow and siloed testingmethodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex physicalvalidation requirements into executable high-fidelity test solutions.
• Superb communication and collaboration skills with the ability to manage competing divisionalpriorities and present technical risk test readiness and capability status to executive leadershipand military customers.
• Strong people management skills with the ability to lead coach and scale engineers andtechnical leaders in a matrixed fast-paced enterprise support environment.
• Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance. SCI eligibility preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors or masters degree in aerospace engineering Mechanical Engineering or a closelyrelated engineering discipline.
• Experience standing up or significantly scaling shared services or centralized test organization.
• Background in instrumentation architecture data acquisition systems and sensor technologies.
• Familiarity with wind tunnel design operation and data analysis workflows.
• Experience with defense acquisition milestones customer test demonstrations andqualification review processes (MIL-STD-810 MIL-HDBK-516 DO-160 or equivalent).
• Proficiency with test data analysis tools (Python MATLAB LabVIEW) and engineering applications (Nastran/Patran HyperWorks)

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:

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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