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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Technical Program Manager, Production - **Company:** Anduril Industries - **Location:** Ashville, OH, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $191,000.0 - $253,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Discrete Event Simulation, Software Architecture, Software Version Control - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9038964/staff-technical-program-manager-production ## About the Role * 6-8+ years managing complex technical hardware programs through development and production lifecycle * Demonstrated ownership of schedule and cost performance on programs with aggressive timelines and rapid scale * Technical depth in hardware systems sufficient to challenge engineering assumptions and assess production risk * Experience building program management systems from scratch in environments without established playbooks * Proven ability to drive cross-functional decisions without direct authority across engineering, supply chain, and production * Comfortable building or interpreting quantitative models to inform program decisions * Familiar with version control, scripting, scalable workflows, and reproducible analysis practices * Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance * Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent demonstrated application of structured problem solving and process improvement methodologies in production environments * Experience in aerospace, defense, or autonomous systems production environments * Proficiency with data tools such as Palantir Foundry, discrete event simulation, or custom analytics stacks * Background in trade studies, causal modeling, or sensitivity analysis applied to production decisions * Experience interfacing with government customers (DCMA, USAF) on program status and delivery * Experience scaling production operations from prototype to rate in a high-complexity manufacturing environment ## Description * Technical depth and financial rigor - you understand the engineering well enough to challenge assumptions, and you own cost and schedule performance with the precision to know when something is off before it compounds. * Execution at velocity - decisions happen in hours, not weeks. You drive resolution, not meetings. When the program is healthy, you are why. When it is not, you are the first one diagnosing it. * Credibility-driven leadership - you earn trust across engineering, supply chain, and production leadership through being rigorous, fast, and right. Title gets you nothing here. * Build the program architecture that takes a first-of-kind autonomous aircraft from early production to rate, including schedule, cost, and supply chain risk systems * Own financial performance and program-level outcomes alongside production leadership, accountable to unit cost variance, schedule predictability, and margin * Drive prioritization decisions when resource conflicts cross functional boundaries between engineering, supply chain, and production * Own the integrated master schedule for production and connecting threads * Build and maintain cost traceability connecting production floor operations to unit cost to program-level financial KPIs * Drive supply chain risk identification and mitigation with schedule and cost data, owning time-to-resolution on disruptions * Serve as primary program interface to the customer for production status, schedule narrative, and program health * Define which metrics drive decisions versus which report status, building leading indicator systems that enable early intervention * Leverage quantitative models (trade studies, sensitivity analysis, predictive modeling) to inform program decisions and resource allocation * Prepare technical documentation, analysis reports, and briefings for internal teams, customers, and government stakeholders, To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind: * No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. 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