A

Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Director – Systems Support and Training

Enterprise ApplicationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCosta Mesa, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in software, systems, or manufacturing engineering, including at least 3 years leading engineering teams; experience managing managers or clear readiness to do so.
  • Demonstrated ownership of enterprise production systems at scale, such as MES, ERP, MRP, WMS, PLM, or equivalent, including their integration layer.
  • Strong systems architecture judgment covering data modeling, systems of record versus application layers, integration patterns, and decisions about what belongs where and why.
  • Direct experience delivering software into a live manufacturing environment, with accountability for it after go-live.
  • Track record of working across manufacturing, supply chain, and planning boundaries and earning the trust of central IT or platform engineering counterparts.
  • Ability to maintain a technical position under pressure from senior stakeholders and change it when presented with a stronger argument.

Responsibilities

  • Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team responsible for training and adoption of new systems.
  • Foster cross-functional collaboration across engineering teams.
  • Promote a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Manage budgets, resources, and staffing.
  • Establish and own the end-to-end support model, including Tier 1/2/3 escalation paths, triage workflows, and on-call rotations, for mission-critical enterprise systems.
  • Define and track operational service-level agreements, including First Response Time, Time to Resolution, and System Availability, to prevent operational bottlenecks on the production floor.
  • Build feedback loops with core Engineering and Product teams, translating frontline tickets and system bugs into prioritized roadmap features.
  • Architect role-based training programs and certifications for shop-floor operators, manufacturing engineers, and supply chain teams.
  • Design and execute change management plans for system rollouts, migrations, and major software releases while minimizing operational disruption.
  • Implement learning tools, digital adoption platforms, and dynamic documentation that keep pace with continuous software deployment.
  • Partner with Factory Operations, Quality, Central IT, and Software Engineering to align tooling with operational workflows.
  • Serve as the executive escalation point for production-blocking software issues.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience standing up or scaling an internal engineering function in a manufacturing or industrial company, including hiring, leveling, and establishing the technical bar.
  • Hands-on background with Oracle ERP and modern application or platform stacks built above it.
  • Experience with platform models that expose APIs and extension surfaces to internal builders, including associated governance such as certification, support tiers, and deprecation.
  • Applied automation, machine learning, or agent-based workflow experience in an operational setting, including identity and auditability considerations.
  • Experience in high-rate or high-mix manufacturing, defense production, or regulated environments.

About the Company

Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Anduril builds autonomous weapons, such as drones, cruise missiles, and robot submarines, for the US military and its allies, often developing them with its own money before any order arrives. In 2024 it beat Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for an Air Force contract to develop Fury, a pilotless jet that flies alongside crewed fighters. Its Lattice software merges camera and radar feeds into one live map and lets a few operators direct many drones and weapons at once, including other companies' systems. Governments buy its systems under contract, and Anduril builds much of the hardware in its own factories. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey co-founded Anduril in 2017, and it is based in Costa Mesa, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Private
Total funding
$11.5B
Headquarters
Costa Mesa, CA
Founded
2017

Recently Posted Jobs

Explore more opportunities at Anduril

See more jobs