Engineering Program Specialist

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 We are building the future of situational awareness. The Sentry platform integrates robotics, autonomy, hardware, and software to deliver mission-critical capabilities in defense and security. With a rapidly growing fleet and an expanding set of modular hardware platforms, our product organization partners closely with engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations to deliver complex systems at scale. ABOUT THE JOB We are looking for an Engineering Program Specialist to improve the systems, processes, and tooling that enable our software teams to develop, deploy, and operate at scale. This role sits within the Product Management Organization and works day-to-day with software engineers, TPMs, and operations teams to establish better engineering practices, improve observability across our production fleet, maintain critical documentation and knowledge systems, support data operations, and drive continuous improvements to developer workflows and project execution. WHAT YOU’LL DO Technical Documentation Knowledge Management Drive improvements to technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge bases; ensure engineering documentation remains current, discoverable, and organized across functions. Establish and maintain system architecture documentation and service dependency mapping to improve developer onboarding and the organization’s understanding. Scaling Operations Operational Readiness Identify and drive mitigation of operational scalability risks as deployed systems grow from prototypes to hundreds of assets. Improve deployment automation and operational procedures to support faster, more reliable asset deployment and fleet management at massive scale. Software Release Observability Partner with engineering teams to establish and maintain monitoring, logging, and observability practices for deployed software releases and firmware/hardware subsystems. Define KPIs for our fleet of deployed systems with engineering; identify gaps in observability before they become issues in production. Data Operations Support Coordinate with engineering and model operations teams to support CV data collection pipelines, dataset management workflows, and data quality initiatives. Coordinate with Test Evaluation teams to collect real-world data at test sites aimed at improving model performance and filling gaps in training datasets. Program Developer Support Support sprint planning and execution by managing Jira workflows, tracking work progress, and implementing automations that improve ticket hygiene and project visibility. Streamline ticket creation and project tracking processes to reduce administrative overhead for engineers while maintaining clear accountability and project timelines. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 3+ years minimum experience in product development operations, program operations, or similar roles within software or hardware/software organizations Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, CI/CD pipelines, and production operations in Agile environments; comfortable enough with technical systems to understand engineering pain points and propose actionable improvements Experience working with engineering tools and systems such as Datadog, CircleCI, Jira, Conf ... (truncated, view full listing at source)