Technical Program Manager, Space Systems
Anduril· AFS : Space Engineering
Costa Mesa, CA$129k - $171kFull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Technical Program Manager for Anduril’s Space business line responsible for day-to-day execution of program initiatives, budget and schedule management, customer engagement, and cross-functional coordination to meet technical objectives and contractual requirements across multiple space programs.
Responsibilities
- Ownership: Lead the project from start to finish with the customer and the engineering team. Develop the technical path for success, identify engineering needs, and validate the projected product outcome with the customer.
- Embed/Engage: Work with customers to understand mission challenges and represent the customer to Anduril engineers to shape products.
- Build/Orchestrate: Collaborate with engineering, product, logistics, finance, legal, contracting, technical operations and others to build or pivot solutions.
- Plan: Develop, coordinate and communicate the path to success with internal and external partners; build sprint plans, execution plans, milestones.
- Grow our business through customer success: Meet commercial targets, establish committed partnerships, articulate value proposition from executive level to end user.
- Understand Anduril’s value proposition and articulate impact on customer problems to position Anduril for the future.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience executing engineering or program management responsibilities for Space hardware, payloads, subsystems, or satellites
- Strong understanding of space systems engineering, environmental considerations, and requirements verification and validation
- Experience with deployment and integration of sophisticated hardware and software systems—particularly for national security space systems
- B.S. (minimum) in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
- 4+ years relevant industry experience
- CAPM or PMP certification a plus
- Experience with building and leading cross-functional teams
- Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, teach, lead and follow
- Comfortable with setting and achieving goals in an amorphous environment
- Comfortable with working in limited resource environments
- Prior engineering work on space systems is a plus
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
Skills
Required:Space systems engineeringProgram management
Benefits
- Benefits are described as comprehensive and competitive; includes health and recovery supports and other aspects as part of Anduril’s total compensation package. (Explicit benefit items are not enumerated in the description)
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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