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About Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.
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The Product Operations Engineer joins the Air Defense and Counter-Intrusion teams to support the Sentry platform, a system integrating robotics, autonomy, hardware, and software for defense and security. This role serves as a subject matter expert, architecting systems to observe, maintain, and evolve the deployed fleet. Key responsibilities include designing root cause corrective action cycles, developing uptime reporting and observability tooling, and managing the Sentry knowledge base to enable self-service for field operations. The engineer will translate fleet failure data into actionable product improvement signals for next-generation hardware and software design. Required skills include robotics engineering, systems thinking, and familiarity with FRACAS methodologies. Technical proficiencies include Python, Bash, Git, Jira, and observability platforms like Datadog or Grafana to manage complex electromechanical and networked systems.
Serve as the technical subject matter expert for the Sentry system's hardware and software.
Design and execute root cause corrective action (RCCA) cycles for fielded Sentry towers.
Translate fleet failure data and reliability trends into actionable product improvement signals for engineering.
Apply FRACAS methodologies to classify, track, and close system failures to improve measurable reliability.
Develop and deploy uptime reporting and observability tooling to measure customer capability availability.
Own and maintain the Sentry knowledge base and self-service resources for field operations.
Lead iterative design cycles across product, engineering, and deployment teams to implement system changes.
What we're looking for
5+ years of experience in product operations, technical support, site reliability, or a comparable technical operations role supporting deployed hardware and software systems.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent hands-on technical experience.
Technical depth in robotics, mechatronics, or complex electromechanical systems, including hardware, software, and networking boundaries.
Demonstrated experience driving root cause corrective action (RCCA) to closure on complex systems.
Experience leading iterative design or improvement cycles across multiple engineering and operations teams.
Proficiency developing monitoring queries, dashboards, and alerting configurations using observability platforms such as Datadog or Grafana.
Scripting and automation skills in Python or Bash, plus fluency with Git and Jira.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.