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Radio Frequency Lab Operations Manager
Company | Anduril |
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Location | Newport Beach, CA, USA |
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Salary | $132000 – $198000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Minimum of 10+ years experience as a Program Manager, Control Account Manager(CAM), or Lab Manager, or Engineer.
- A strong familiarity with robotics or computer vision systems and their architecture preferred
- Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks; ability to work closely and effectively with engineering teams.
- Experience working in a rapidly iterating test environment with high levels of integration with software development teams
- Strong experience in project management; practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and ability to apply them where best suited
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Responsibilities
- Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives. Instill an efficient project management mindset and workflow across the teams.
- Identify and resolve systemic execution issues across the team or group that require broader initiatives to resolve.
- Coordinate with management and detailed design teams to plan, coordinate, and manage lab (physical) resources.
- Test equipment planning, utilization tracking, coordination, and calibration. Manage and maintain test equipment procurement and/or rentals.
- Oversee day to day operations of the lab, ensuring resources, equipment, and workspaces are organized and functional
- Develop and implement efficient lab workflows and Maintain safety standards (ex. ESD compliance)
- Collaborate closely with other partner teams, such as hardware, product, and test operations as needed.
- Remove obstacles to drive clarity and progress, identify gaps in communication or schedule, manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities, and drive results proactively.
- Demonstrate high ownership on all pieces of work; become a trusted partner to Anduril’s engineers
- Coordinate and execute frequent test events involving various levels of software and hardware, from full-software and hardware-in-the-loop simulations at Anduril HQ to flight test events and demonstrations at test sites.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in managing lab assets and operations management.
- Ability to work within organizations with minimal structure and with minimal direction
- Experience in rolling out potentially disruptive organizational process changes
- Experience with creating communication plans for various levels of stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong technical, analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions
- Experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence
- Professional certifications such as PMP
- Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline