Air Dominance & Strike, Chief Engineer - Digital Infrastructure

$196,000 - $294,000/Yr

Anduril Industries - Washington, DC

Full-time - Senior

Washington, DC

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Chief Engineer for Digital Infrastructure at Anduril Industries will oversee the management of multiple active Department of Defense contracts that fund the development and sustainment of digital infrastructure and engineering workflows within the Air Dominance & Strike Division. This role involves collaborating with various teams to define the digital infrastructure strategy, contributing to proposal responses, and ensuring the successful execution of all digital infrastructure contracts. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building and maintaining complex digital infrastructures across multiple security domains, supporting both hardware and software engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Specify the Digital Infrastructure required to support execution on each AD&S program.
• Manage the development, delivery, maintenance, and operations of Digital Infrastructure supporting AD&S programs.
• Ensure that all Digital Infrastructure contracted obligations are performed and related revenue captured.
• Define a Digital Infrastructure vision and supporting roadmap that creates a competitive advantage for AD&S during contract capture.
• Ensure that all outgoing AD&S proposals properly articulate the AD&S Digital Infrastructure strategy, capability, and opportunity.

Requirements

• Must have an active Top Secret level security clearance.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience leading cross discipline software engineering teams executing across many disparate lines of effort in highly regulated industries.
• Demonstrated experience as a principal level individual contributor working with high performing software engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience automating complex engineering workflows and implementing robust change management and observability infrastructure.
• Strong ability to synthesize customer objectives into engineering outcomes.
• Ability to work in a functional matrix organization.
• Designed → Built → Delivered experience.
• Willingness to travel when necessary.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience supporting digital infrastructure and proposal development that supports the United States Intelligence Community or Department of Defense.

Benefits

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits (100% covered for employee, 90% for dependents)
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance (100% covered)
• Generous company holiday calendar and competitive PTO plans
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave
• Family Planning & Parenting Support (fertility, adoption, gestational carrier coverage)
• Mental Health Resources (free 24/7 therapy and life coaching)
• Professional development stipend
• Daily Meals and Provisions (breakfast, lunch, stocked micro-kitchens)
• Company-funded commuter benefits
• Relocation assistance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan (traditional and Roth)