Engineering Operations Lead

Anduril Industries•Costa Mesa, CA

15h

About The Position

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. As an Engineering Operations Lead, you will work directly with the Hardware Engineering Leadership team to build and run business operations across the Hardware Engineering Organization and cross functional partners. The Hardware Engineering organization is the central engineering organization across Anduril that upholds the bar of engineering excellence, provides core engineering services, and develops strategic core technology products for hardware development across Anduril. In this role, you will partner with hardware engineering org leadership and teams from across the organization and company — spanning our business lines and divisions to our Finance and G&A teams to our core internal operations teams — to unpack ambiguous problems and build lasting, scalable solutions. Your work will vary from quick-turn operational fire-fighting, building and redesigning processes, to leading high-impact strategic projects. Your role and team will enable and provide operational leverage to the engineering organization that underpins and differentiates Anduril as the next generation defense prime.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in an engineering major or equivalent experience in engineering organizations with operational experience
Minimum 4 years of experience in a consulting, operations, finance, product management, or general business analysis role, preferably with experience in a technical engineering role.
Strong communicator with the ability to translate and articulate thoughts clearly across a wide range of roles and levels.
Experience interfacing with leadership and executives, understanding how to facilitate meetings and engage with senior stakeholders.
High emotional intelligence, solving operational problems from a data-driven and people-centric perspective.
Ability to execute on a tactical level while also creating strategies to solve complex, cross-functional problems.
High ownership and ability to juggle multiple large projects and priorities in parallel, reporting progress regularly.
Discerning and a fast learner.
U.S. Person status required due to access to export-controlled data.

Nice To Haves

Ability to obtain and hold a US Top Secret clearance is preferred.

Responsibilities

Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with business line operation teams, finance, talent acquisition, strategic real estate, central business operations, and facilities to unpack ambiguous problems and redesign processes.
Manage operations for the full FTE lifecycle: From program demand intake, headcount growth, recruiting operations partnership, new hire onboarding, staffing assignments, to deliverable analysis and labor metric report-out (actuals vs. Op Plan vs. staffing platform).
Facilitate operations for the space resourcing lifecycle: Enable the strategic growth and usage of workspaces and facilities for FTE growth and laboratory needs, and track platform and business line utilization of shared equipment and square footage.
Partner with Hardware Engineering Leadership: Execute strategic initiatives for organizational development like defining and tracking metrics related to organizational health, service performance, team growth, and annual goals.
Synthesize large datasets: Define KPIs and create leadership report-outs for Monthly Business Reviews, Quarterly Business Reviews, and Leadership Meetings with Division Leads and C-Suite.
Maintain and Improve HW Engineering hosted company engagements: Lead recurring engineering discussions including Lunch and Learns, Quarterly Division All Hands, IEEE societies, ASME societies, and Engineering Leads meetings.
Support and Develop Internal Processes: Work with Engineering Leads to develop processes/frameworks for org growth/talent acquisition, demand planning, staffing, employee mobility, seating/facilities, strategic real estate growth (workspaces and labs), and organization communications.
Define operational metrics and KPIs: Build automations to help teams intake demand, assess team capacity, mitigate risk, and deliver on-time.
Identify integrations and improvements: Enhance underlying data and system infrastructure to deliver high-value solutions to engineering leads.

Benefits

Healthcare Benefits
US Roles: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
UK & AUS Roles: We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.
Additional Benefits
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.
Retirement Savings Plan
US Roles: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
UK & IE Roles: Pension plan with employer match.
AUS Roles: Superannuation plan.