- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- District of ColumbiaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 18, 2026
- Salary
- $166,000–$220,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Mission Operations Engineer, Strategic Defense
Job description
The Strategic Defense business line builds and deploys integrated hardware-software systems that protect the homeland and support global command and control missions. Our programs deliver Anduril’s Lattice-powered capabilities to the nation’s most critical missile defense and battle management architectures, connecting sensors, effectors, and decision-makers across every domain.
The Mission Operations (MOps) team is responsible for managing the execution, delivery, growth, and success of our customer accounts. Working across product, engineering, business development, and logistics teams, our Mission Operations Engineers own and shape customer relationships by embedding themselves within…
Job responsibilities
- Plan and execute site deployments of Anduril compute nodes (Menace-T, Menace-I, Voyager, etc.), coordinating across logistics, engineering, and government site teams
- Serve as the day-to-day technical point of contact for government customers, managing expectations, communicating status, and escalating issues
- Assess and coordinate the physical integration of third-party sensors and effectors into Anduril hardware form factors, including power, cooling, network, and rack-space requirements
- Develop and maintain a fleet management system to track deployed assets, configurations, software baselines, and system health across all program sites
- Partner with SRE teams to monitor deployed node health, coordinate software updates, and support incident response
- Create and deliver technical reports, deployment readiness reviews, and status briefings for government and internal leadership
- Drive continuous improvement of deployment processes, documentation, and playbooks to enable repeatable, scalable site activations
- Support program management activities including schedule tracking, risk identification, and deliverable management
Job requirements
- 5+ years of experience in site operations, field engineering, systems deployment, or technical program management in defense or national security environments
- Hands-on experience deploying and sustaining compute hardware in operational or lab environments (servers, ruggedized computing platforms, or similar)
- Technical familiarity with hardware form factors used in defense deployments, including rack-mount servers, ruggedized edge compute devices, and mobile computing platforms
- Understanding of how third-party systems (sensors, effectors, C2 systems) integrate into compute hardware, including power, cooling, and networking requirements
- Demonstrated ability to serve as a liaison between technical engineering teams and government customers, with strong stakeholder management skills
- Experience working alongside software engineers and/or SRE teams on deployment, integration, or operational readiness activities
- Strong organizational skills with experience tracking assets, configurations, or fleet-level data across distributed sites
- Ability to travel 25–50% to government sites for deployments, site surveys, and customer engagements