Release Manager, Air Defense

Anduril Industries
Irvine, California, United StatesPosted 28 February 2026

Job Description

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><h3>ABOUT THE TEAM</h3> <p>The Air Defense team builds robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky. At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, the Air Defense team provides mission critical capabilities to warfighters. From detection to tracking, identification, deterrence, and defeat, our family of networked sensors and effectors enables our customers to rapidly close the kill chain against a broad range of UAS threats. Working across product, engineering, business development, logistics, operations, and mission success, the Air Defense team develops, tests, deploys, and sustains the Anduril Air Defense Family of Systems in challenging operational environments worldwide.</p> <h3>ABOUT THE ROLE</h3> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced SW Release Manager to support our IBCS-M Program. In this critical role, you will define and manage major software releases aligned with program milestones, delivering production-quality software for safety and mission-critical systems across multiple product variants. You will be instrumental in ensuring timely, secure, and reliable software delivery to our customers and warfighters.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <h4><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> WHAT YOU'LL DO</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></h4> <p><span data-contrast="auto">* Work closely with System Engineers and Product teams to translate software requirements into release plans and deliverables.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">* Ensure timely delivery of software releases artifacts including any supporting documentation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">* Continuously improve the processes in support of release and quality improvement.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">* Manage and coordinate the deployment of development releases to test and evaluation teams for validation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">* Implement and manage automated testing and deployment processes in an established continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) environment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">* Utilize Git and CI automations to execute nightly and automated builds and system checks.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">* Define and develop software-in-the-loop (SITL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) tests to validate system-level performance and assure system quality.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <h4><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Required Qualifications:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></h4> <p><span data-contrast="auto">* Experience owning a software release process.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":240}"> </s ... (truncated, view full listing at source)