Director of Talent Acquisition, Anduril Industries
Emerging Talent & Programs
$220-292k
Equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
Hardware and software for national security
Be an early applicant
Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$220-292k
Equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
1001+ employees
Company mission
To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.
Role
Who you are
- If you want the autonomy to design bold programs and create pathways that truly shape the workforce of the future, this is the role for you
- Skilled in building and scaling early career, emerging talent, or workforce development programs
- Experienced in forging partnerships with universities, colleges, technical schools, and high school vocational programs
- Strong people leader with a proven ability to develop teams and elevate performance
- Data-driven operator who uses metrics to analyze effectiveness and communicate ROI
- Adept at influencing executives and navigating environments with competing priorities
- Comfortable balancing long-term strategy with hands-on execution in fast-paced, high-pressure settings
- 10+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Workforce Development, or related fields
- 5+ years leading early career, emerging talent, or technical workforce programs
- 5+ years of people leadership experience, managing and developing high-performing teams
- Demonstrated success building partnerships with universities, technical schools, and vocational programs
- Proven track record of scaling programs in engineering, manufacturing, or production-heavy industries
- Strong analytical skills; ability to design and manage metrics-driven programs
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a bold, strategic leader to reinvent how Anduril attracts and develops the next generation of talent
- As Director of Talent Pipelines & Programs, you’ll have the mandate—and the runway—to build pathways that go far beyond traditional university recruiting
- Your focus will be on engineering internships, partnerships with universities and colleges, technical schools, and high school vocational programs that can supply the skills we need in engineering, manufacturing, and production
- Over time, you’ll also shape long-term outreach strategies that may extend into other talent pools as part of a broader workforce development vision
- This is a high-visibility role with senior stakeholders and strong opinions, so the right leader will thrive under pressure, think creatively, and influence with confidence
- Own and reinvent current strategy for early and emerging talent to bring, fresh and non traditional ideas to the table
- Build out innovative programs spanning internships, apprenticeships, co-ops, technical school pipelines, and high school vocational partnerships
- Define and execute our talent pipeline strategy across engineering, manufacturing and other key functional areas of the business
- Develop a phased approach to long-term pipeline building, with K–12 outreach as a future growth area
- Scale existing engineering internship programs into high-impact, conversion-focused experiences
- Design and deliver measurable outcomes for all programs, using data to demonstrate ROI and business impact
- Continuously iterate and innovate based on results, market trends, and stakeholder input
- Forge strong partnerships with colleges, universities, technical schools, and vocational programs
- Expand our reach to high school-level technical and vocational tracks that align with workforce needs
- Represent Anduril externally as a thought leader in workforce development and talent pipelines
- Partner with executives and senior leaders to align programs with workforce needs and long-term talent strategy
- Operate with independence, making bold recommendations and driving consensus in a high-expectation, quant-focused culture
- Lead, coach, and develop a small but high-performing team, building both individual careers and organizational capability
Our take
Anduril makes hardware and software for defense agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. Its hardware products include specialist drones with a long flight time and surveillance towers.
This hardware is tied together by proprietary software, the Lattice platform, which uses sensor fusion, machine learning, and mesh networking to integrate real-time data from Anduril hardware and third-party systems into a single, autonomous operating picture. While the hardware observes and detects, the software can make decisions as to the threat level of any anomalies, and so allow for observation and protection of an area or building with minimal manpower.
Anduril closed a $1 billion Series G funding round in 2025 led by the Founders Fund, doubling its valuation to $30 billion. This oversubscribed funding round came after the company doubled its revenue in 2024, when it won a contract with the US military to build its soldiers' VY/AR headsets for combat, a contract the company beat Microsoft to.
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Insights
68% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2025
$310m
GRANT
Jun 2025
$2.5bn
SERIES G
Total funding: $6.5bn
Company benefits
- Full Family Health Coverage
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
- Family Planning & Support
- Incentivized Time Off
- Mental Health Resources
- Financial Planning
- Unlimited Provisions
- Professional Development
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
Leadership
Brian Schimpf
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having studied at Cornell, they joined Palantir as an Engineer in 2007. They left after over 9 years in order to co-found Anduril in July 2017 as CEO.
Palmer Luckey
(Co-Founder)They founded Oculus VR in April 2012, where they worked until April 2017 when they co-founded Anduril.
Trae Stephens
(Co-Founder)Former Lead Data Analyst at LexisNexis for 2 years, prior to spending 5 at Palantir. They joined Founders Fund as a Partner in 2014, and co-founded Anduril in 2017.
Matt Grimm
(Co-Founder & COO)Studied Engineering at Cornell before working as a Booz Allen Hamilton Consultant and spending over 6 years at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineer. They worked at Mithril Capital Management and Classy.org before co-founding Anduril in 2017.
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