Chief Engineer, Air Defense, Middle East Programs

The role

You will serve as the technical authority for Air Defense Middle East programs. You will own system architecture, integration strategy, and technical performance for sensors, effectors, and networks in the field.

What you will do

• Serve as Chief Engineer for Air Defense's Middle East programs.
• Own system architecture, integration strategy, fielding readiness, and sustainment outcomes.
• Set the technical baseline and chair design reviews.
• Define interfaces to partner radars, effectors, and customer-furnished equipment.
• Negotiate integration scope with partner vendors and government program offices.
• Direct engineering requirements for direct commercial sales and foreign military sales.
• Deploy to the region to work alongside operators and field service teams.
• Lead technical recovery in the field under time pressure.
• Represent Anduril's engineering position to partner nation ministries and program offices.
• Translate customer operational requirements into technical plans.

Required qualifications

• Engineering, science, or other technical degree, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of systems or engineering experience
• Track record of technical ownership on fielded systems
• End-to-end technical accountability for delivered systems in operational environments
• Experience integrating third-party and customer-furnished hardware and software
• Ability to carry technical authority across teams that do not report to you
• Ability to brief senior technical leadership and external customers directly
• Ability to define a verification approach for a full program scope
• Ability to negotiate requirements and acceptance with a customer
• Ability to write a credible basis of estimate
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the year, with Middle East travel the majority of it
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

• Prior experience delivering to Middle East defense customers
• Foreign military sales or direct commercial sales engineering experience
• Depth in radar and sensor integration, effector integration, air defense command and control, tactical networking, or cross-domain solutions
• Experience standing up sustainment for a system fielded OCONUS
• Arabic language skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The company's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.