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Chief Engineer

Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Heavy Metal - Engineering & Operations : Chief Engineering
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full-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Lead the technical development and integration as Chief Engineer for a maritime product from concept through delivery, coordinating with program leadership, other Anduril teams, and third-party vendors to ensure traceability to customer inputs and program decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Support early architecture definition and scoping for a new product, defining the technical approach, key requirements, and prototype design
  • Support the build out of development timelines with associated milestones and staffing needs
  • Work directly with the product team (Product Manager, EPM, Lead Systems Engineer) to ensure tactical development is executed on plan
  • Accountable for technical decisions and developments on the AUV
  • Perform initial system trades and studies on key functions, such as energy storage, vehicle control, volume and mass budget creation, and payload capacity
  • Lead a new team within Anduril Maritime working on development and prototyping of a new platform; defining key performance parameters and requirements and supporting SRR, PDR, and CDR
  • Work closely with functional leads to drive common approaches for technical development and process
  • Responsible for root cause corrective action process as well as case-by-case execution and implementation. Have high ownership over the reliability and lifetime performance of the AUV product and family
  • Technical point of contact for IRADs on AUV, consulting or delegating as required to appropriate leads
  • Identify opportunities for Division collaboration and commonality in design and processes
  • Key stakeholder for technical feasibility/impact in proposed work or capability insertion

Qualifications

  • Deep understanding of ocean-going craft, systems engineering, product development, and overall engineering process
  • Experience in a senior role leading maritime programs from initial concept through test and delivery to customers
  • Strong understanding of the "why" behind vehicle and systems design
  • Experience working on mission-critical DoD systems
  • Proven history of delivery when presented with open-ended problems, balancing technical analysis with test and validation to move rapidly through new production design
  • Experience creating teams and focusing them around a common vision, leading by example and embodying high-ownership over the problem and the technical solution
  • Bachelor's degree in Marine, Mechanical, Electrical or Software engineering, or equivalent experience in a relevant field
  • Willingness to Travel 25% to customer and test sites
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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