Head of Digital, Shipbuilding

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

Anduril's Maritime Division is transforming American sea power to meet the defining national security challenges of our era and secure our future of maritime dominance. We are scaling at an historic pace, anchored by Arsenal-2, our new software-defined shipyard being built in Baltimore County, Maryland. It's part of a new $6.6 billion investment in America's submarine industrial base.

Arsenal-2 is purpose-built to break long-standing industrial bottlenecks and scale production of critical components for the Navy's Virginia-class attack submarines to support fleet requirements. At the same time, it will build the industrial muscle to field our next-generation AUVs at scale.

We aren't waiting for the new shipyard to be completed. The work on this transformation starts right now, with development inside our new 160,000 square foot Proto-Factory in Orange County, California, where the team is already laying the foundation. As the prototyping hub for Arsenal-2, this facility gives us a multi-year head start, proving out the advanced manufacturing methods, digital workflows, and quality systems that will scale across our broader shipyard network.

In Anduril's Maritime Division, we are actively building America's next decisive advantage at sea, and this is the moment to join us.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are seeking a Head of Digital for Shipbuilding baed in Costa Mesa, CA that will be responsible for the design, development and implementation of Digital Infrastructure to enable programmatic, engineering, supply chain and shipbuilding qualification workflows that support the Maritime organization writ large. This Head of Digital will be responsible for collaborating with the Anduril Corporate Technology function to evolve a unified digital infrastructure strategy and will oversee resourcing, program management, and execution for all Digital Infrastructure contracts and contract line items across Maritime Heavy Metal organization. The role will maintain peak relationships with key partners who are also part of the digital thread, ensuring the right balance of partner technology, with our technology and driving Governance to ensure the overall prime position of Anduril on the Shipbuilding program is supported and driven from a digital core. The ideal candidate has proven experience building and maintaining complex Digital Infrastructure across multiple security domains and supporting multiple engineering disciplines (both hardware and software).

As the Head of Digital you are directly responsible for ensuring that each Maritime program is equipped with the information technology required to successfully execute. You must demonstrate a history of successfully supporting complex portfolios of programs each with their own milestone schedule. Success in this role will require you to be an effective manager and a helpful collaborator. You will directly manage a team to implement the vision and will collaborate closely with many other Anduril teams such as, Classified IT, Business Systems, Information Security, and Physical Security.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Specify the Digital Infrastructure required to support execution on the Shipbuilding program and as a result drive the overall digital thread for all Maritime programs.

- Manage the development, delivery, maintenance, and operations of Digital Infrastructure supporting Maritime programs.

- Define a Digital Infrastructure vision and supporting roadmap that creates a competitive advantage for Maritime operations.

- Ensure that all outgoing Maritime proposals properly articulate the Digital Infrastructure strategy, capability, and opportunity and then manage any Digital efforts on current and future Programs of Record.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

- BS/MS in Engineering, Computer Science, Economics 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 in a modern, scaled manufacturing environment and familiarity with production system software (PLM, ERP, MES etc)

- 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

- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience supporting digital infrastructure and proposal development that supports the United States Navy or Department of Defense.

US Salary Range
$260,000 — $345,000 USD

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:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.  For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

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