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Staff Technical Program Manager, Advanced Targeting Systems

Anduril· Connected Warfare
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Costa Mesa, CA$132k - $198kFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager to drive design, development, and production scaling of the Advanced Targeting System, a rugged, mission-critical product fusing sensing, optics, weapon integration, and battlefield data for warfighters.

Responsibilities

  • Program Management: Align roadmaps, manage timelines, and allocate resources across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and optics teams while balancing competing priorities in a fast-paced startup environment.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary liaison between engineering, manufacturing, product, and external stakeholders—including defense contractors and government entities.
  • Technical Leadership: Navigate the architecture and trade-offs of ruggedized targeting systems—LiDAR, weapon mounts, power, thermal, and embedded electronics—while ensuring compliance with ITAR, RMF, and other regulations.
  • Production & Design Evolution: Drive the transition from prototype to production, owning the CAD-to-prototype-to-production cadence and championing DFM/DFA, qualification testing, and configuration/change management.
  • Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate technical, schedule, supply chain, and compliance risks, adjusting plans to maintain momentum.
  • Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with suppliers, customers, and government agencies; deliver clear program updates and technical briefs to internal and external audiences.
  • Knowledge Capture & Process Improvement: Document tribal knowledge, close design gaps, and build repeatable processes that yield production-quality deliverables.
  • Warfighter Engagement: Travel to exercises and live-fire assessments to gather operator feedback and translate it into program requirements.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years managing complex hardware development programs across the full development lifecycle
  • 8+ years combined experience as a TPM, Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer in commercial tech or aerospace & defense
  • Hands-on experience leading ruggedized electromechanical systems—ideally targeting, sensing, optics, or weapon-integrated platforms
  • Strong technical fluency across mechanical, electrical, and firmware domains, with the ability to manage trade-offs across a complex system
  • Experience owning a complex BOM, engineering drawings, and change management within a PLM tool
  • Proven experience in component sourcing, vendor management, and DFM/DFA coordination with manufacturing partners
  • Exceptional communication skills, able to translate technical complexity into business-impacting insights
  • Willingness to travel up to 25%, including to field exercises and customer sites
  • U.S. Person status required (export-controlled data)

Skills

Required:Program managementCross-functional collaborationTechnical leadership in ruggedized systemsProduction readiness / DFM / DFARisk management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and life)
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
  • Equity grants included in majority of full-time offers
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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