Warfighting Capability Analyst, Maritime

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril is a defense technology company bringing Silicon Valley talent and funding to the defense sector. Our technology helps our customers solve their toughest challenges by enabling them to make better more informed decisions in life-and-death situations. Weve assembled a diverse team of experts in artificial intelligence computer vision sensor fusion optics and data analysis to create software and hardware solutions that radically evolve the defense capabilities of the United States and its allies. If you are passionate about solving problems that have real impact we want you to join Anduril and help us build the future of defense capability.

ABOUT THE JOB

At Anduril we are developing unmanned systems for subsurface surface land and air domains that will leverage unsupervised autonomy for the delivery of multi-mission capability to our customers. These projects require Warfighting Capability Analysts who can connect operational problems threat-informed scenarios customer needs and product employment concepts to guide what we build and why it matters. We are looking for our next Warfighting Capability Analyst to join our rapidly growing team. This position is available in either Costa Mesa CA or Quincy MA.

The Warfighting Capability Analyst supports the development evaluation and communication of mission-relevant defense capabilities. This role focuses on understanding what capability the warfighter requires why it matters how it would be employed and how the company should prioritize solutions that deliver operational advantage. The analyst serves as a bridge between customers business lines engineering teams product leaders and operational stakeholders translating ambiguous mission problems into structured capability gaps concepts of employment measures of effectiveness operational vignettes and decision-quality analysis that informs product strategy growth and program execution.

This role is ideal for individuals who can reason across military operations emerging technology customer mission sets and defense market dynamics and who can communicate complex operational ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Conduct mission analysis to identify operational problems capability gaps and opportunities for differentiated product or system employment
• Develop and refine concepts of operation concepts of employment operational vignettes mission threads and use cases for current and future systems
• Analyze threat environments customer missions force structure operational constraints and campaign-level context to inform capability development
• Define measures of effectiveness measures of performance and operational value propositions for proposed capabilities
• Support product growth and engineering teams by translating customer needs and mission problems into capability priorities and defensible requirements
• Build clear decision-oriented briefings white papers narratives and analytic products for internal executives customers and external stakeholders
• Support capture strategy and business development efforts by articulating how company capabilities solve specific operational problems
• Compare alternative capability approaches and assess trade-offs in mission utility feasibility scalability cost survivability and operational relevance
• Partner with systems analysts engineers operators and business-line leaders to ensure technical solutions remain anchored to real warfighting needs
• Contribute to internal capability roadmaps investment priorities campaign analyses and product-market fit assessments in defense contexts

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in operational analysis military planning capability development defense strategy mission engineering military operations intelligence analysis or a related field
• Ability to decompose ambiguous operational problems into structured analytic questions and actionable recommendations
• Strong understanding of military missions operational concepts threat-informed planning and the relationship between technology and warfighting outcomes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to produce executive-level briefings and clear analytic narratives
• Ability to work across technical operational and business stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
• Strong judgment intellectual curiosity and comfort operating with incomplete information
• Ability to translate between customer language operational need product strategy and engineering implications
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior military DoD defense industry intelligence community operational test campaign analysis or warfighting development experience
• Experience supporting maritime undersea autonomous systems air surface C2 ISR fires logistics or other operational mission areas
• Familiarity with CONOPS development campaign analysis wargaming modeling and simulation operational test requirements development or capability portfolio management
• Experience working directly with government customers senior military leaders product teams or engineering organizations
• Experience with both qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

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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