Fleet Integration Manager, Surface Maritime
Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Surface Dominance - Engineering & Operations : Field Test Engineering
Costa Mesa, CA$147k - $196kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Fleet Integration Manager role combining test engineering with fleet integration for surface maritime platforms, translating hands-on at-sea operating experience into test plans, demonstrations, and fleet-ready integration activities.
Responsibilities
- Support the integration of surface platform subsystems, including sensors, navigation, propulsion, communication systems, autonomy software, and power systems, into a complete surface platform
- Develop, review, and execute test plans for development, integration, and acceptance testing, informed by hands-on fleet operating experience
- Support day-to-day test operations, including pre-mission testing, launch and recovery, vehicle tasking, and data analysis for internal and customer-facing efforts
- Design test and demonstration scenarios that reflect real fleet operating conditions, procedures, and tactics
- Identify gaps between platform capability and existing fleet equipment, procedures, and concepts of employment, and feed findings back to engineering and program leadership
- Support hands-on troubleshooting, repair, operation, and maintenance of surface maritime platforms in the field
- Author and/or review detailed test reports documenting internal and customer-facing test and evaluation efforts
- Support local and offshore sea testing and operations, including multi-day offshore operations
- Set up, collect, and refine operational metrics for test and fleet performance
- Participate in design reviews, requirements analysis, and system verification planning, representing the operator's perspective
- Collaborate with fleet units, external partners, and customers during integration and test, cataloging their requirements and supporting payload and system integration into the overall mission lifecycle
- Support configuration control, version control, documentation, and safety processes across land- and sea-based test and integration efforts, including extended hours as required
- Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, including multi-day offshore operations, with potential for more during key test campaigns and fleet integration events
Qualifications
- Experience operating unmanned or manned surface vessels at sea, with demonstrated ability to translate that experience into realistic test and demonstration scenarios, ideally as a recent Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) in the United States Navy
- Familiarity with concepts of mechanical engineering, software development and testing, electrical engineering, and control theory
- Experience in field test and/or operationally focused environments
- Knowledge of electronics troubleshooting and ability to use basic test equipment
- Proficient in reading and understanding engineering drawings and specifications
- Extremely organized and detail-oriented
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, effective across technical and non-technical audiences
- A sincere commitment to a positive, inclusive, and collaborative culture
- High ownership and a bias toward action
- Ability to travel up to 50% of your time, with potential for more during key test campaigns and fleet integration events
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
- In this role, you will be subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening, as required by the Company.
Skills
Required:Unmanned/Manned Surface Vessel OperationsTest Planning and ExecutionSystems IntegrationField Operations & Troubleshooting
Benefits
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (health, recovery, and other support)
- Competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
- Equity grants included in most full-time offers as part of total compensation
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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