Manufacturing Supply Chain Manager, Surface

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril's Maritime Division is responsible for planning and executing Anduril's product and revenue roadmap for maritime missions . Working across product, engineering, business development, logistics , and operations, the Maritime team develops, tests, deploys, and sustains the Anduril maritime capabilities in a challenging operational environment worldwide. As a leader in the Maritime Division , you must be a technical leader with the expertise to evaluate, qualify, manage, and advocate for an increasing number of sophisticated parallel pursuits. This role is crucial in ensuring that each initiative aligns with the company's strategic direction and receives the appropriate resourcing , balancing innovation with practical execution to drive the business line's success.

ABOUT THE JOB

You will lead the technical development of a holistic support system for service, maintenance, support, and production of surface maritime products. As an early performer on a new Maritime product, you will be challenged to rethink the possible as you envision and implement methodology to support large fleets of autonomous systems at the speed of relevance. You will work closely with Anduril’s Strategy team and strategic opportunity customers to develop this approach, to ensure that requirements are tied to customer inputs and there is traceability to program office technical decisions.

Your spectrum of support will be diverse in nature and require you to leverage your technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive to completion. The ability to leverage your intuition and prior experience in programmatic level decision will play a key component in making sure the right design/analysis/ and test steps are being completed to ensure success. The ideal candidate will leverage their experience executing and successfully completing prior highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Plan, coordinate, and lead the development and sustainment of a holistic Support System (including production, launch, depot and field maintenance, training, and everything in between)

• Hire, develop, and grow a multi-disciplinary Support System team (Technicians, Engineers, Technical Writers, Trainers etc) to provide world-class training, logistics, and support

• Collaborate with customer stakeholders on a comprehensive concept of employment to ensure needs are met and customer inputs are used to influence the design of other systems to align with expected methods for employment

• Manage a cohesive plan to support deployed assets, inclusive of identifying critical infrastructure requirements such as maintenance depots, test sites, etc.

• Work directly with operators to gain hands-on experience using our equipment, and assist in the scoping and design of future support infrastructure

• Develop a strategy for customer training and train-the-trainer curriculum, including planning approach to training in a modern tech product environment

• Manage requirements for fielded system support equipment, including handling equipment, shipping and logistics equipment, shoreside C2 systems, host vessels, and remote tasking and monitoring equipment


• Own critical interfaces with other system elements and work closely within the team to deliver a tightly integrated end-to-end system capability

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Marine Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering , or proven experience in a relevant field

• Experience working in logistics, support, maintenance, or training management roles and familiarity with support of fielded systems in the control of customers

• Experience working on and in service of surface craft, either commercial or defense focused, and an innate understanding of the requirements to support a fleet at sea.

• Be an experienced leader with the depth and breadth of leadership capability who enables and empowers their people.

• Be able to think strategically and plan long term but also to be in the detail, act tactically when required and to simplify the complex. Strong bias to action and an affective decision maker who is able to operate in a fast paced environment.

• Be personally resilient and self-starting; ability to build from the ground up in a highly dynamic and innovative environment.

• Be highly collaborative with the ability to work with both internal and external stakeholders, challenging constructively where necessary.

• Exercise extremely high ownership; take significant pride in the quality and efficacy of your work

• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

• Travel 25% to Customer and Test Sites

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated understanding of multi-domain unmanned and autonomous weapon system development and employment

• Demonstrated engineering management capability; proven technical and personnel leadership qualities

• Experience with shipyard maintenance periods, ship manufacture, and techniques for managing maintenance schedules of deployed assets

• Strong understanding of reliability, autonomous system architecture s, and overall design approach for unmanned weapons systems

• Experience building and managing cross-functional teams focused around a common vision

US Salary Range

$142,000 - $213,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
  
  
  
  • For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
  
  
  • For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
  
  


• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.


• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.


• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.


• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.


• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.


• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.


• Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.


• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.


• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).


• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)

The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.

Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!

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