Mission Operations Engineer

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. ABOUT THE TEAM The Mission Operations (MOPs) team owns the execution, growth, and success of our customer accounts. Working across product, engineering, test, business development, and logistics, Mission Operations Engineers own the customer relationship and are accountable for getting Anduril products into the hands of operators and keeping them effective there. ABOUT THE JOB We are looking for a Mission Operations Engineer to own the Barracuda family of affordable, autonomous cruise missiles. You will become the company expert on how Barracuda is employed: the all-up round, its launch and employment systems, mission planning, and the customer units and kill chains it plugs into. You will spend a significant share of your time in the field partnered with our Test & Evaluation team, executing tests, demonstrations, and customer events. As Barracuda moves from development into production and O&S contracts, you will carry the account forward into fielded sustainment support. This role is in-person at one of our office locations and requires frequent domestic and international travel (up to 50%). WHAT YOU'LL DO Own the Barracuda mission. Become intimately familiar with the Barracuda product line, its employment and launch systems, mission planning workflows, and the customer operations and tactics it supports. Be the person the customer calls and the person engineering trusts to represent the operator. Support test, demos, and events. Partner with Test & Evaluation to plan and execute flight tests, live-fire demonstrations, capability exercises, and customer events. Own the operational side of getting to the range: site coordination, hardware readiness, operator training, range and safety requirements, and debriefing results back to the customer and the product team. Train and enable operators. Build and deliver the training that lets end users plan, load, and employ Barracuda without us in the room. Capture how they actually use the system and feed that back into TTPs, training products, and product requirements. Shape the product. Translate customer mission problems into concrete engineering feedback and requirements. Represent the operator at design and program reviews and push hard on the changes that move mission effectiveness. Grow into sustainment. Partner with Logistics and Integrated Product Support to stand up the support model behind a fielded munition: all-up-round accountability and spares, technical data and manuals, support equipment, storage and transportation, and field support concepts. As O&S contracts come online, own the operational side of delivering against them. Grow the account. Build trust-based relationships from the operator to the executive level, articulate where Barracuda fits in the customer’s problem set, and support proposals and new opportunities that expand the program. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or a related technical field (equivalent military or operational experience may be substituted in lieu of education). 4+ years of operational, test, or program experience in a military and/or defense industry environment. Demonstrated ability to learn a complex weapon system end to end — hardware, software, employment systems, and the operations it sup…