Manager, Software Engineering

Anduril Industries – a defense technology company dedicated to transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We bring the expertise, technology, and business model of the most innovative 21st‑century companies to the defense industry, changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Our systems are powered by Lattice OS, an AI‑powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a real‑time, 3‑D command and control center.

About The Team

Anduril’s Maritime Division is a diverse team of experts in software, robotics, artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, and data analysis. We are fielding the next generation of autonomous systems and have developed a unique, ultra‑long‑range, full‑ocean‑depth underwater vessel platform. Our portfolio includes Dive‑XL, Dive‑LD, Copperhead, Seabed Sentry, and other unannounced systems that enable end‑to‑end autonomous missions in the maritime domain.

About The Job

Software Engineering Managers lead teams that deliver software integrated into our products—autonomy, simulation, data processing, payload integration, and off‑board command and control or decision support. Managers demonstrate end‑to‑end outcome ownership of major systems and drive rapid prototyping, design, delivery, support, and evolution throughout the product life‑cycle.

What You’ll Do

- Empathize with end‑users and deliver solutions that balance user needs with constraints, restrictions, and requirements in a multi‑stakeholder environment.
- Be accountable for software‑enabled solutions deployed to customers, optimizing for value delivery.




- Collaborate with a Technical Lead to architect scalable software that expands capability beyond current platforms, with a transparent path for future evolution.
- Coordinate your team’s roadmap and execution with other Anduril teams to develop reusable components across product lines.
- Contribute to the design, implementation, and execution of development processes, including full‑lifecycle testing, monitoring, and operation.
- Manage a 6–18 month roadmap for your team within the broader organisational roadmap.
- Manage an allocated budget and programmatic risk, collaborating with the Technical Lead to manage technical risk.
- Lead by example as a technically competent, trustworthy, and accountable team lead.
- Communicate organisational vision, strategy, and direction to your team.
- Define, document, and gain consensus for goals and plans derived from broader vision and strategy.
- Build your team through mentoring, professional development, career management, and collaboration with Anduril’s recruiting and people functions.
- Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team of 4–10 members, mentoring and managing engineers from diverse backgrounds.
- Report to a manager who may or may not have a background in software engineering.
- Travel to co‑locate with end‑users and other teams up to 20% of the time.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics,



Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience in a management position within a high‑performing technology organization.
- Extensive professional experience working as a Software Engineer across multiple domains or technologies.
- Capacity to lead a team that works holistically on software‑enabled capabilities through design, implementation, operation, and sustainment.
- Capacity to act as the owner for a software system, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team coordination, design, implementation, and sustainment.
- Capacity to learn and grow individually while mentoring team members, building cohesion, and expanding capacity.
- Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in a senior role delivering a military mission system and/or autonomous vehicle.
- Experience writing backend services or embedded software in C, C++, Rust, and/or Go.
- Experience writing frontend applications using TypeScript and React.
- Experience working with an RTOS.
- Experience designing, implementing, and operating horizontally scaled cloud technologies.
- Experience designing, implementing, and supporting embedded software, especially in robotics.
- Experience with modeling and simulation.
- Familiarity with communication buses and protocols (e.g., CAN, CANFD, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI, QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, ARINC‑825, ARINC‑429, MIL‑STD‑1553).
- Experience developing high‑assurance safety‑critical software, including DO‑178, IEC 61508, or similar standards.
- Experience in

📌 Manager, Software Engineering (City of Sydney)
🏢 Anduril Industries
📍 City of Sydney