Mission Operations Engineer, Space

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners. We're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested war-fighting domain.

ABOUT THE JOB

The Mission Operations (MOPs) team is responsible for managing the execution, growth, and success of our customer accounts. Working across product, engineering, sales, and logistics teams, our Mission Operations Engineers own the customer relationships and develop, plan, and deploy Anduril products in support of their missions. They work side-by-side with customers to understand their specific problem sets and then shape Anduril’s offerings alongside our engineering teams to fit the mission needs. Because the problems we solve are uniquely challenging, our Mission Operations Engineers naturally gravitate toward finding solutions and are adept at navigating organizational hurdles. They are ultimately responsible for customer and mission success and therefore play a critical role in the shaping and future of Anduril Industries.

This role is directly tied to an ongoing, funded program within Anduril’s Space Business Line. The program requires building and fielding a resilient, software-defined, distributed mesh networking layer for critical Space Domain Awareness data. We work with mission partners and operators to deploy reliable and robust capabilities on operationally-relevant fielding timelines to meet complex challenges across the DOD and IC.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Serve as "project manager" / "on-site lead" working directly with United States Space Force (USSF) customers to deliver Anduril's mesh networking capabilities across multiple locations
• Lead a small team of engineers through site standups from initial integration through operational acceptance while interfacing with strategic end-users throughout the process
• Responsible for monitoring system connectivity, function, and integration with distributed sensor or C2 sites and partner organizations
• Gather, triage, and prioritize user feedback, issues, and errors found during fielding, testing, exercises, and normal use within unit schedules
• Provide input to account and engineering teams on features that enhance or greatly improve efficiency of user workflows
• Support engagement with other components, commands, and organizations for increased laydown and installation of our tactical mesh networking capabilities across USSF (and partner) locations
• Develop and contribute to a streamlined user feedback and engagement system, which could include issue tracking, training sessions, refreshers, and focused preparation for exercises and events

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Willingness to travel 50% - 75%
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity and experience working with materiel leadership or mission partners within SSC, SpRCO, SDA, MDA, etc and working knowledge of the Space Domain competitive landscape
• Experience working in small, cross-functional teams, solving complex problems, surrounded by ambiguity
• Experience working in high-stress environments
• Self-starter who takes initiative with little direction
• Ability to communicate efficiently and succinctly both internally across our entire team and externally to multiple stakeholders