Chief Engineer, Fury Advanced Concepts

As the Chief Engineer for Fury Advanced Concepts, you will lead the technical development of new capabilities for the Fury product line, owning the design process from conceptual sketches through detailed design, build, and flight test. You will work closely with the Senior Director and other leaders to establish technical roadmaps, coordinate design trades, and drive operational analysis. Success requires close customer interaction to develop vision and strategies, and you will build and lead a technical team to deliver new Fury variants.

Responsibilities

• You will be the Technical Lead responsible for growing Anduril’s Fury product line. Anduril needs a strong technical leader to own the design process, establish deep understanding of the aircraft and systems, and identify technical development roadmaps including: scope, cost and schedule required to prototype, test, and manufacture alternative Fury aircraft variants.
• In this role you will work in close coordination with the Senior Director, Fury Programs as well as other engineering and program leaders, Growth team members, technical departments, Suppliers, and customer subject matter experts and senior leaders.
• Success will also require close customer interaction to develop Fury vision and strategies, employment CONOPs, alternate configurations, and the necessary engineering activities to deliver new capabilities. You will own the technical solution space and vehicle configuration.
• Establish program plan/vision and communicate to team while ensuring they stay on track
• Coordinate and execute design level trades working with various functional engineering teams
• Establish requirements, design review entrance/exit criteria, executing trade studies, and driving operational analysis to determine system effectiveness.
• Incorporate expert knowledge of first principles aircraft design, design standards, system safety, test methodology and risk reduction across team.
• An ability to communicate effectively is essential in this role. Clearly and effectively communicate with executive leadership, supporting teams across Anduril, and current and prospective customers. Written communication in the form of white papers and technical presentation will be key to success.
• Candidate will begin with a high level of individual contributor work to initiate a program. Success will result in establishment of successful Fury variants and . This will require building a technical and programmatic team around business opportunities.
• Develop budgetary estimates and schedules working with functional engineering teams
• Develop staffing estimates, and work with functional engineering and operations teams to recruit top talent and integrate them into the team.
• Work with suppliers and vendors to incorporate relevant capabilities onto the Group 5 platform.

Requirements

• Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Software Engineering Degree from an accredited institution
• 10+ years of technical engineering experience in a professional environment
• Proven experience developing and executing detailed action strategies
• Experience managing technical development projects or programs
• Experience building and leading technical teams
• Experience with aircraft system design, prototype and test
• Experience with supporting or leading customer facing technical discussions
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance

Nice to have

• Experience with unmanned aircraft system design, prototype and test
• Experience integrating foreign vendor engineering and manufacturing teams, as well as subsystems and other products
• Experience managing USG programs
• Active DoD TS clearance

Benefits

• 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 Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
• At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.