Programs Chief Engineer

About this role

Anduril Industries seeks a Chief Engineer to lead the technical vision and architecture for Dive-XL, an autonomous underwater system for a major U.S. defense program. You'll serve as the single point of technical accountability, overseeing multi-disciplinary teams across hardware, software, and operations to deliver mission-critical capabilities for undersea defense.

What you'll do

• Define and drive system architecture, technical roadmap, and engineering excellence across all disciplines
• Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams and provide technical mentorship to foster innovation and problem-solving
• Oversee complete development lifecycle from requirements through integration, test, and deployment
• Serve as primary technical authority for design decisions, trade-offs, and risk mitigation
• Engage with customers and stakeholders as lead technical point of contact; manage cross-team dependencies
• Coordinate with cross-site teams to ensure architectural consistency across program variants

What they're looking for

• Autonomous systems design and development
• System architecture and engineering leadership
• Complex problem-solving across mechanical, electrical, software, and autonomy domains
• Requirements management and verification planning
• Test and evaluation strategy development
• Technical team leadership and mentorship
• Stakeholder and customer communication
• Risk assessment and mitigation