Senior Engineering Manager, PLM

ABOUT THE TEAM:

ArsenalOS is Anduril's unified production systems platform - the digital backbone for our manufacturing operations spanning PLM, MES, WMS, and supply chain systems. We're building modern, integrated solutions that enable us to scale hardware production with software velocity.

ABOUT THE JOB:

We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and grow our PLM engineering function within ArsenalOS. You'll build and manage the team developing Product Lifecycle Management capabilities - including Teamcenter customizations, integrations with ERP/MES systems, and custom tooling - that serve engineering teams across multiple product lines. This role requires deep PLM technical expertise, strong organizational influence, and the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments.

You'll partner with the PLM Product Manager to define technical strategy and execution plans, working closely with change management, requirements management, ERP, and other ArsenalOS teams. While you'll start with a team of ~8 engineers, you'll be positioned to scale this function as the company grows. The ideal candidate has built or deeply customized PLM systems, understands enterprise integrations, and has a track record of delivering high-leverage technical capabilities in fast-growing organizations.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Strategic Leadership & Technical Direction:

• Partner with PLM Product Manager to define technical strategy - collaborate on the technical vision for how Anduril manages product data. Provide technical input on feasibility, architecture, and build vs. buy decisions. Translate product requirements into technical execution plans.
• Drive PLM architecture and integration strategy - set technical direction for Teamcenter customizations, data models, integration patterns, and API strategies. Make architectural decisions for how PLM connects with change management systems, requirements management tools, ERP, MES, and engineering applications.
• Represent PLM engineering in cross-functional planning - collaborate with change management, requirements management, ERP, and other ArsenalOS teams to ensure seamless integrations. Partner with engineering directors and operations leaders to align PLM capabilities with company needs. Advocate for technical investments and communicate technical constraints to stakeholders.

• Team Leadership & Development:

• Build and scale a high-performing PLM engineering team - hire, develop, and retain strong developers and solution engineers. Develop team members' technical and leadership capabilities. Establish team culture, engineering practices, and ways of working.
• Establish technical standards and practices - shape how PLM engineering gets done at Anduril. Set code quality bars, deployment practices, operational excellence standards, and documentation approaches that create consistency and reliability.
• Coordinate across teams and functions - work with dotted-line team members, partner with ArsenalOS teams, change management, requirements management, and ERP teams. Build consensus on complex technical initiatives that span multiple systems. Remove organizational blockers.

• Technical Leadership:

• Maintain deep technical credibility in PLM systems - stay close enough to Teamcenter architecture, Java services, and integration patterns to make sound technical decisions, validate approaches, and mentor senior engineers. Be the technical authority on PLM systems and enterprise integrations.
• Own PLM domain expertise - be the go-to technical expert for PLM across Anduril. Understand requirements from mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering teams. Translate engineering workflows into technical solutions.

• Delivery & Operations:

• Deliver PLM capabilities in partnership with Product - execute on the product roadmap, translating requirements into technical solutions. Ship features that measurably improve engineering productivity, data quality, and cross-functional workflows.
• Ensure operational excellence and business continuity - your systems support critical engineering and business workflows across design, change management, and production. Build for reliability, handle incidents effectively, and maintain stakeholder trust through consistent execution.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in PLM systems - Teamcenter architecture, customization, and large-scale integrations. Ideally, you've built custom PLM solutions or heavily customized enterprise PLM platforms.
• 3-5+ years of engineering management experience - track record of leading and scaling high-performing engineering teams, ideally in fast-paced environments.
• Deep Teamcenter technical expertise - hands-on experience with Teamcenter architecture, customization frameworks, data models, and integrations. Experience with Java development for PLM integrations and services.
• Enterprise integration experience - building integrations between PLM and change management systems, requirements management tools, ERP platforms, MES, CAD/CAE tools. Understanding of data synchronization, API design, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Cross-functional collaboration skills - ability to partner effectively with Product Managers, work across engineering teams, and build consensus with change management, requirements management, ERP, and operations stakeholders. Experience translating between technical and business requirements.
• Willingness to be hands-on - comfortable switching between management responsibilities and technical contribution as needed.
• U.S. Person status required (export control)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience building custom solutions on top of Teamcenter or other enterprise PLM platforms - not just configuration, but development of custom applications, data models, and integration frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with AI/LLM applications in engineering contexts - examples include: intelligent search across engineering data, automated documentation generation, or workflow automation using modern AI tools.
• Background scaling engineering teams through hyper-growth - experience growing a team from small to 15-20+ engineers while maintaining quality and culture.
• Experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or hardware companies - deep understanding of change management processes, requirements management workflows, BOM management, and engineering data at scale
• Modern software architecture background - services, event-driven systems, cloud infrastructure, API design applied to manufacturing/PLM contexts. Experience modernizing legacy enterprise systems.