Deployment Lead, Air Defense, SOCOM

Anduril • Irvine, CA

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About The Position

The Mission Operations Deployment Lead joins Anduril’s Air Defense team and USSOCOM System Integration Partner Program. This role is responsible for delivering and sustaining a capability that meets customers’ mission requirements and expectations through rigorous operational execution, proactive communication, mission understanding, and product expertise. The lead owns the health and performance of deployed assets and technologies, represents Anduril to customers and users, and communicates customer feedback and lessons learned back to the company to improve products and operations.

The role plans and executes deployment events such as site installations, test and evaluation exercises, demonstrations, training, and maintenance visits. It leads cross-functional teams across hardware supply, logistics, engineering, and other functions, managing the process from site survey through testing, pack-out, installation, training, and sustainment. The lead also builds relationships with customers, industry partners, users, and colleagues; develops expertise in customer mission requirements and SOCOM’s Family of Systems; and communicates operational requirements and concepts of operations to engineers. Travel may include overseas and hazard-zone locations.

Requirements

• Advanced degree or at least 5 years of experience in a technical field; defense, national security, or aerospace experience is preferred.
• Strong organization and creative problem-solving skills, with proven project management ability.
• Experience creating and maintaining documentation for new or developing processes.
• Proven experience leading technology-enabled teams of peers and building influence through relationships.
• Deep interest in national security issues and defense technologies, with commitment to lifelong learning.
• Experience translating technical concepts into operational requirements and performance specifications.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time, including periodic overseas and hazard-zone travel.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the defense, national security, or aerospace domain.

Responsibilities

• Plan and orchestrate deployment events, including site installations, test and evaluation exercises, demonstrations, training, and maintenance visits.
• Lead cross-functional teams spanning hardware supply, logistics, engineering, and other functions to achieve mission success.
• Manage deployment activities from site survey through testing, pack-out, installation, training, and sustainment.
• Anticipate contingencies, establish lightweight processes, assess and mitigate risks, and apply lessons learned to improve deployment execution.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with customers, industry partners, users, and Anduril teammates through effective communication and follow-through.
• Learn customer priorities and mission requirements, including threats, regulatory challenges, resource constraints, and rules of engagement.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and voice of the customer by translating requirements and CONOPS into information that Anduril engineers can use to improve capabilities.
• Develop thorough knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of SOCOM’s Family of Systems and communicate expected performance across threat profiles, environments, and mission constraints.
• Own the health and performance of deployed assets and technologies and ensure capabilities are available when needed.
• Share user feedback and lessons learned with Anduril to continuously improve products and teams.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees, supporting health and recovery.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed