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This position will be filled by a highly motivated People Leader with a passion for leading technical teams to support cutting-edge programs across a variety of domains. You will work heavily with the engineering leadership, program leadership, and a wide spectrum of cross-departments to help build a team focused on solving hard problems. The role will be responsible for managing the daily efforts of test and evaluation engineers to successfully execute the end-to-end test process on all assigned programs, which includes test planning, safety planning, and risk management. Additionally, this role will be required to lead by example by completing individual contributor work in support of at least one assigned program. This role will support the Anduril Intelligence Systems business line, Cyber programs, and any other programs deemed necessary in the future. 
The Test and Evaluation team at Anduril works across the entire spectrum of products and business lines, as well as all flight operations and test range management. Our team conducts full system level development testing, new production acceptance testing, sub-component qualification testing and much more. In short, if it involves test, we support it. If you are interested in working in an extremely innovative and fast paced environment, where your work directly makes an impact and difference in the products that are fielded this a fantastic opportunity.
WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own all results of your team, both the good and the bad.
• Manage test engineers to complete the end-to-end test process for a variety of program types, including ground systems, flight systems, and novel technologies.
• Lead by example. You will be expected to provide strong leadership/mentorship for your team, some who will be senior engineers, while also continuing to support at least one program with test engineering expertise.
• Coordinate with other Test and Evaluation teams, including engineers and pilots, to meet all testing demands of your business line.
• Maintain awareness of current status and future events on all programs that are assigned to your team in order to appropriately deconflict resources with internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate directly with business line leadership (program managers, ops, directors, etc) to determine the current and future needs of test and evaluation engineering support required.
• Inform Test and Evaluation hiring decision based on personnel and skill requirements provided through coordination with the the business lines you support.
• Manage and evolve your teams organizational structure to match both T&E engineering needs and the needs of your business lines
• Move to problem areas or gaps in your team. When there is an issue on your team, you will be expected to coordinate a solution to the problem with all required stakeholders.
• Advise business line leadership on test and evaluation capabilities, include test site capabilities when required for customer briefings, program kickoffs, proposals, or other events.
• Accountable for all administrative requirements for the members of your team (time cards, finance approvals, PTO, etc).

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field from an accredited institution
• 8+ years of hands-on test engineering experience or comparable skill (i.e. military exercise planning & evaluation), with 2+ years of proven leadership (i.e. IPT lead, team lead, platoon leadership, etc.)
• Ability to travel up to 25% routinely and higher if needed
• Possess a Top Secret US Security clearance, with eligibility for SCI access
• Experience with the Department of War, Government Cyber Commands/Agencies, and/or the Intelligence Community
• Aptitude for leadership and desire to be a people leader first, manager second.
• Experience producing or leading teams to produce customer facing test process deliverables (test plans, test reports, data analysis, etc.) and demonstrated maturity to articulate deliverable to a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience as a test conductor, test director, or similar test position
• Experience working on government or private test sites/ranges
• Experience conducting safety planning or risk management
• Must be able to take guidance or intent and turn it into actionable results with a team
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and solve problems across a variety of engineering areas
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams and external customers; demonstrated ability to collect differing opinions and reconcile them in order to achieve agreement on what 'right' looks like.
• Able to work extended hours on test sites or in support of testing as required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Leadership training (Education, employer provided, or self-study).
• Experience working with the National Airspace System, UAS regulations, or other flight related regulations
• Experience with software defined radios
• Experience working along side UAS operators or pilots to complete test/training objectives
• Experience and working knowledge of radio frequency theory and/or communication physics
• Experience and working knowledge of various communication protocols (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LAN, WAN, etc.)
• Experience and working knowledge of a programing language (C++, Python, MATLAB, etc)
• Experience utilizing a Linux Operating System (Ubuntu, Debian, etc) or using Command Line Interface with another operating system