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LAYIQ - Staff Technical Program Manager, Advanced Targeting Systems at Anduril

Program Management: Align roadmaps, manage timelines, and allocate resources across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and optics teams while balancing competing priorities in a fast-paced startup environment.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary liaison between engineering, manufacturing, product, and external stakeholders—including defense contractors and government entities.
Technical Leadership: Navigate the architecture and trade-offs of ruggedized targeting systems—LiDAR, weapon mounts, power, thermal, and embedded electronics—while ensuring compliance with ITAR, RMF, and other regulations.
Production & Design Evolution: Drive the transition from prototype to production, owning the CAD-to-prototype-to-production cadence and championing DFM/DFA, qualification testing, and configuration/change management.
Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate technical, schedule, supply chain, and compliance risks, adjusting plans to maintain momentum.
Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with suppliers, customers, and government agencies; deliver clear program updates and technical briefs to internal and external audiences.
Knowledge Capture & Process Improvement: Document tribal knowledge, close design gaps, and build repeatable processes that yield production-quality deliverables.
Warfighter Engagement: Travel to exercises and live-fire assessments to gather operator feedback and translate it into program requirements.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
6+ years managing complex hardware development programs across the full development lifecycle
8+ years combined experience as a TPM, Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer in commercial tech or aerospace & defense
Hands-on experience leading ruggedized electromechanical systems—ideally targeting, sensing, optics, or weapon-integrated platforms
Strong technical fluency across mechanical, electrical, and firmware domains, with the ability to manage trade-offs across a complex system
Experience owning a complex BOM, engineering drawings, and change management within a PLM tool
Proven experience in component sourcing, vendor management, and DFM/DFA coordination with manufacturing partners
Exceptional communication skills, able to translate technical complexity into business-impacting insights
Willingness to travel up to 25%, including to field exercises and customer sites
U.S. Person status required (export-controlled data)

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