Staff Product Manager, Manufacturing Software

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

21d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maritime Digital Production (MDP) team is responsible for the software and digital systems that power Anduril's shipbuilding factories. This includes data infrastructure, manufacturing execution systems, scheduling engines, and AI systems. MDP operates at the intersection of Operational Technology and Information Technology, developing and scaling solutions close to the production line. The environment is fast-paced, physical, and critical, as system downtime directly impacts production. MDP is expanding and seeks to shape the future of manufacturing software development at Anduril.

Requirements

• 12+ years in a software product management role or similar leading role in product development.
• Experience owning a portfolio or leading product across multiple teams or domains.
• Demonstrated ability to set product vision and strategy at a functional or organizational level and drive it through multiple teams.
• Experience mentoring or guiding other product managers and establishing product practices and standards.
• Domain expertise within hardware-related industries such as manufacturing, supply chain, warehousing, or logistics.
• Demonstrated ability to gather and refine both functional and non-functional requirements (such as capacity, performance, and reliability) and turn them into a prioritized backlog.
• Strong understanding of the interplay between enterprise systems, including ERP, WMS, MES, PLM, and supplier portals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence engineers, operations stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Ability to judge whether a request reflects a real underlying need.
• Demonstrated success working directly with end users in operational environments, including time spent on a production or factory floor observing workflows firsthand.
• Ability to navigate cross-team and cross-department dynamics, representing the customer point of view and building alignment when priorities differ.
• Experience aligning a product roadmap with a partner or platform organization, keeping priorities in sync across groups that share technology and dependencies.
• Demonstrated success decomposing complex problems into addressable component parts and arranging the correct sequencing across teams.
• Proven ability to “see around corners” by crafting product strategy well beyond the current development cycle.
• Comfort maturing products from MVP to enterprise-grade production at scale.
• Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time.
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building or owning manufacturing execution systems (MES), shop floor control systems, or operational software for factory, warehouse, or field environments.
• Hands-on experience in manufacturing industries with time spent on assembly lines or in production facilities working directly with operators and technicians.
• Experience with UI / UX web design tools (e.g. Figma).
• Familiarity with frontier AI tooling and AI-assisted software development workflows.
• Experience in hyper-growth startup-like environments, balancing speed, ambiguity, and long-term platform health.
• Background in operations research, industrial engineering, lean manufacturing, or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience leading product across multiple domains or lines of effort within a single function or organization.
• Experience supporting multi-site product rollouts, change management, and user training programs.

Responsibilities

• Set product vision and strategy across all of Maritime Digital Production's domains, including factory data, manufacturing execution, scheduling and optimization, and AI initiatives.
• Own the cross-domain roadmap and prioritization, resolving competing demands between different areas.
• Gather and refine functional and non-functional requirements (e.g., tool capacity, performance, reliability) and establish standards for requirement capture and prioritization.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and senior leadership, discerning true needs from stated requests.
• Engage directly with technicians and operators on the factory floor to understand workflows and identify opportunities for product improvement.
• Navigate organizational dynamics between MDP and partner platform teams, advocating for customer needs.
• Collaborate with the Corporate Technology product organization to align roadmaps and ensure synchronization on shared platforms, standards, and dependencies.
• Decompose complex problems into addressable components and sequence them correctly across teams.
• Craft product strategy that extends beyond the current development cycle.
• Mature products from Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to enterprise-grade production at scale.
• Mentor and guide other product managers, establishing product practices and standards for the team.
• Lead through influence, building trust with engineering, operations, and leadership.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package ensuring support in health, recovery, and future endeavors.

What This Job Offers

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