Anduril is seeking a Technical Program Manager to join the Maneuver Dominance - Enabling Technology team in London. The role involves owning capability areas end to end, including charter, budget, scope, and roadmap, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver advanced aerial robotic systems. The TPM will drive development, manage IRAD submissions, and ensure capabilities transition into programmes, while coordinating test events and working jointly with US teams.

Responsibilities

Own a capability area end to end, covering charter, budget, scope, and roadmap, partnered with an Engineering Lead who serves as technical principal investigator
Lead a cross-functional capability team of hardware, software, and systems engineers to deliver capability that exceeds customer expectations
Build and defend annual internal R&D (IRAD) submissions: shape proposals, size efforts, and take them through senior leadership review, then hold each funded effort to its charter
Define and enforce exit criteria for each effort so that capability transitions cleanly into receiving programme teams and runs in their pipelines, rather than demonstrating once and stalling
Serve as the primary liaison between technical teams, programme stakeholders, and customers, and as the ET point of contact in the UK
Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive execution, unblock technical challenges, and accelerate cross-team and cross-site projects
Develop a deep understanding of mission requirements and master the technical concepts needed to identify key dependencies, trade-offs, and risks, particularly at the interfaces between mission systems, sensors, effectors, and the platforms that carry them
Coordinate and execute frequent test events, from hardware-in-the-loop simulation through to ground test and live flight demonstration on rotorcraft and uncrewed air systems
Work jointly with US teams on a shared baseline while ensuring nationally controlled elements are developed and held in country, making the call early on which elements belong where
Plan and integrate across system boundaries, holding schedule and interface commitments when parts of the work are not visible to the whole team
Proactively identify technical, programmatic, export control, and security risks, develop mitigation plans, and drive issues to resolution before they become blockers
Foster a culture of extreme ownership and a bias towards action within the team

Requirements

BEng/BSc/MEng in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience
8+ years of relevant industry experience in engineering, systems integration, or technical programme management
Demonstrated experience owning programme management or engineering delivery for sophisticated hardware and software systems
Strong technical aptitude, able to read and interrogate technical designs, understand software development lifecycles, and form an independent view of technical risk
Strong understanding of systems engineering, environmental considerations, and requirements verification and validation, particularly for aerospace or defence applications
Demonstrated experience delivering engineering work under export control and security classification, including judging what can be shared with international colleagues and what must be developed in country
Working knowledge of UK export control and security regimes, including the UK Military List, SPIRE and OGELs, F680, and the handling of classified and OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE material
Proven experience delivering complex solutions in highly regulated environments, for example UK MOD
Ability to inspire and guide teams, build consensus, and influence without direct authority
Must be eligible to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance to a minimum of SC level

Nice to have

Experience managing an internal R&D or technology development portfolio, including funding proposals and stage-gate reviews
Experience transitioning technology out of development and into a delivery programme or product line
Experience with weapons, effectors, munitions, or launch systems, including their safety, qualification, and export considerations
Experience with rotorcraft, VTOL, or uncrewed air systems, and with airworthiness or certification processes
Practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, and the judgement to apply each where best suited
Experience with Jira, Confluence, and a requirements management system such as Jama, plus familiarity with MBSE or SysML approaches
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues into non-technical terms

Benefits

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