Head of Frontier AI, Integrated Systems

Anduril Industries • Columbia, WA

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About The Position

Anduril is seeking a Head of Frontier AI to build a world class machine learning team across capabilities, product, and infrastructure. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the overall strategy for instantiating safe and secure agentic and perception capabilities relevant to the division's programs and products and set research initiatives that usher in new frameworks of operator-to-agent teaming to achieve operational-efficiency. Drive strategy that fields safe and secure performant agents on embedded warfighting compute. Manage a cohort of cleared machine learning engineers, researchers, and product managers. Provide deep technical leadership to team on design, development, and deployment of advanced AI solutions. Leverage and shape the world’s largest defense robotics data set to develop cutting-edge AI capabilities. Coordinate with internal testing and evaluation team(s) to design specialized evaluation benchmarks for defense use-cases. Partner with US-based Frontier AI Labs to revolutionize the employment of autonomy in embedded hardware.

Requirements

• Management experience leading and growing AI/ML teams.
• Experience deploying AI-technologies into classified environments (e.g., disconnected, air-gapped, etc.).
• Expertise in deep learning techniques and the latest generative AI technologies (Agents, Vision-Language Action models, etc.).
• Strong programming skills.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with edge-deployed ML systems.
• Prior work in Defense Tech and/or Start Ups.
• Active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Driving the overall strategy for instantiating safe and secure agentic and perception capabilities relevant to the division's programs and products
• Setting research initiatives that usher in new frameworks of operator-to-agent teaming to achieve operational-efficiency
• Driving strategy that fields safe and secure performant agents on embedded warfighting compute
• Managing a cohort of cleared machine learning engineers, researchers, and product managers
• Providing deep technical leadership to team on design, development, and deployment of advanced AI solutions
• Leveraging and shape the world’s largest defense robotics data set to develop cutting-edge AI capabilities
• Coordinating with internal testing and evaluation team(s) to design specialized evaluation benchmarks for defense use-cases
• Partnering with US-based Frontier AI Labs to revolutionize the employment of autonomy in embedded hardware

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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees