Program Manager, Advanced Threat Simulation (Active Clearance)

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.</p></div><p> </p> <h3>ABOUT THE JOB</h3> <p>We are seeking a highly motivated Program Manager to oversee the development and integration of advanced simulation capabilities for DoW testing environments. In this role, you will manage the development of sophisticated threat models and their integration into existing defense simulation frameworks. You will collaborate with world-class software engineers, systems engineers, and government stakeholders to deliver production-quality digital threat representations. <br><br></p> <h3><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Drive Program Execution:</strong> Own the end-to-end scope, schedule, budget, resource allocation, and execution of advanced simulation programs in accordance with contractual requirements.</li> <li><strong>Lead Integration Strategy:</strong> Develop and execute strategies for integrating software components with defense simulation environments, ensuring interoperability across multiple systems.</li> <li><strong>Cross-Functional Collaboration:</strong> Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, systems engineers, cybersecurity experts, intelligence community stakeholders, and government representatives to meet program objectives.</li> <li><strong>Facilitate Technical Decisions:</strong> Develop deep technical fluency in vehicle systems to effectively facilitate architectural discussions, evaluate engineering trade-offs, and drive team consensus.</li> <li><strong>Unblock the Engineering Team:</strong> Anticipate bottlenecks, manage risk, make prioritization trade-offs, and clear administrative and logistical hurdles so engineers can focus on building.</li> <li><strong>Strategic Capture: </strong>Manage capture programs by helping identify opportunities, assessing viability, developing a winning strategy, and supporting proposals.</li> <li><strong>Report to Leadership:</strong> Provide clear, data-driven status updates and risk assessments through regular program reviews to both internal business leads and government stakeholders.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Active U.S. Security Clearance:</strong> Must possess an active Secret clearance (TS/SCI strongly preferred)</li> <li><strong>Technical Foundation:</strong> Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or commensurate professional experience.</li> <li><strong>Proven PM Experience:</strong> 4+ years of technical program management, product management, or engineering leadership experience in aerospace, software development, modeling & simulation, or relevant industry.</li> <li><strong>Bias for Action:</strong> Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly changing environment as a self-starter who gets things done.</li> <li><strong>Travel:</strong> Ability to travel up to 25% to work sites and customer locations</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Active TS/SCI Security Clearance.</strong></li> <li><strong>Aviation Experience:</strong> Background in military aviation, particularly in flight test environments or operations.</li> <li><strong>Intelligence Experience:</strong> Familiarity with intelligence community processes, threat assessment methodologies, and experience working with classified intelligence products to inform simulation development.</li> <li><strong>DoW Program Management:</strong> Understanding of DoW acquisition processes, CDRLs, and contract management.</li> </ul> <p> </p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">US Salary Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$166,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$220,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span data-contrast="auto">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:</span><span…