Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
The Maritime Application Team sits at the tip of the spear, transforming core platform technology into mission-winning capabilities that deliver a decisive operational edge at sea. We are a specialized software team embedded within the core Lattice Platform, uniquely positioned to accelerate the delivery of mission-critical capabilities for maritime platforms such as the Dive-LD, Dive-XL, Copperhead, and Seabed Sentry. Our role is to take powerful platform primitives—like data management, mission autonomy, simulation, auth, and orchestration—and rapidly forge them into integrated, robust applications for autonomous maritime systems. We act as an incubator for future platform features, ensuring that the solutions we build for today's contracts are the foundation for tomorrow's platform-wide advancements. If you are passionate about building high-impact software that directly supports operators in the field while shaping a next-generation platform, this is your team.
ABOUT THE JOBAs the Engineering Manager for the Maritime Application Team, you will lead a high-performing team at the intersection of core platform development and mission-critical business delivery. Your role is to be a leader of leaders, building the systems and culture to enable your team to execute with velocity and quality. You will partner closely with the team’s Tech Lead and other technical leaders to navigate this unique dual mandate: delivering specialized, reliable software that wins contracts for our Maritime Division, while simultaneously contributing hardened, reusable capabilities back to the Lattice Platform. This is a leadership position that requires a blend of technical depth, strategic thinking, and exceptional people management skills to foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and execution.
A Note on This Role: This is an Engineering Manager role, not a Tech Lead Manager role. We believe in empowering our senior engineers to own technical architecture. Your primary focus will be on leading and growing the team, optimizing for execution, and managing stakeholder relationships, while your senior engineers and the team’s Tech Lead will be empowered to lead the technical design and implementation.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 10-15 software engineers, fostering their career development and creating a healthy, high-performance team culture.
- Partner with Product Management in the Maritime Division, Software Platform, and within the Maritime Application Team to define the team's roadmap, prioritize work, and ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
- Drive the execution and delivery of complex software projects, ensuring your team has the context, resources, and support needed to succeed.
- Manage relationships and communication with stakeholders across the Software Platform and the Maritime Division, acting as the primary interface for your team.
- Foster a culture of high technical standards by facilitating rigorous design reviews and ensuring the team has clear processes for delivering reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems.
- Partner with the team’s Principal Engineers and Tech Leads to drive architectural decisions to ensure the team’s technical roadmap aligns with product goals.
- Devote significant time to the career growth of your engineers, identifying opportunities for development, providing coaching, and delivering thoughtful performance feedback.
- Develop and refine the team's operating model, balancing the need for rapid, business-focused iteration with the long-term health of the platform.
- Recruit, hire, and onboard top engineering talent to scale the team's capabilities.
- 3+ years of experience as a software engineering manager.
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, with a strong technical background in distributed systems, API design, or full-stack application development.
- Proven ability to lead a team to successfully ship and maintain complex software products.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to navigate a matrixed organization and build consensus.
- Experience with agile development methodologies and a track record of improving team processes.
- A passion for mentoring engineers and building strong, inclusive teams.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government clearance.
- Location: In office in Boston, Seattle, or Costa Mesa
- Experience managing teams that work closely with a specific business unit or customer.
- Familiarity with platform-as-a-service or product platform company models.
- Experience leading teams that build software for robotics, autonomous systems, or defense applications.
- A strong understanding of modern DevOps practices and CI/CD.
- Experience hiring and scaling an engineering team in a fast-paced environment.
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:
- Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
- For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
- For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
- Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
- Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
- 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
- Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
- A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
- Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
- Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
- Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
- 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!
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