Defense technology
10 Anduril engineering leaders
These ten people hold or have held director-level and higher engineering roles at Anduril Industries, including vice presidents of engineering and directors of software engineering. A reader can learn how engineering leaders build and run their teams at a defense technology company.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ben Lane
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · Anduril Industries
Director of Software Engineering at Anduril Industries since March 2026, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department according to the profile. Former Vice President of Engineering at ExoAnalytic Solutions (April 2024 to March 2026) and former Systems Engineer at ExoAnalytic Solutions (2015–2024) and Northrop Grumman (2012–2015).
Brett Darcey
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Engineering · Anduril Industries
Vice President of Engineering at Anduril Industries since October 2025, and General Manager, Mission Autonomy, Air Dominance & Strike at Anduril Industries since April 2026. The profile says the work is about making mission autonomy a real operational capability. Former Executive Vice President (2023–2025) and Head of Product (2022–2025) at Shield AI.
Charles Negus
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Mission Engineering · Anduril Industries
Senior Director, Mission Engineering at Anduril Industries since March 2026, and Director of Mission Engineering at Anduril Industries since February 2023, both listed as current. Former Operations Analysis Lead at Anduril Industries (2022–2023) and former Consulting Eng (Modeling & Simulation) at Northrop Grumman (2018–2022).
Greg Kuperman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Engineering · Anduril Industries
Vice President, Engineering at Anduril Industries since August 2026, a role the profile lists at the President/Vice President level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Senior Director of Engineering at Anduril Industries (April 2025 to August 2026) and former Program Manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) from 2020 to 2025.
Jon Bonte
LinkedInExperience: Chief Engineer Senior Director of Engineering · Anduril Industries
Chief Engineer Senior Director of Engineering at Anduril Industries since July 2026, a Director-level role according to the profile. Former Director of HW Engineering at Stack AV (2023–2026), former Head of In-Vehicle Compute L3 ADAS HW - Ford Vehicles at Latitude AI (2022–2023) and former Senior Manager - Autonomous Vehicle Hardware at Argo AI (2022).
Jordan Carleton
LinkedInExperience: Director, Air Defense Chief Engineering · Anduril Industries
Director, Air Defense Chief Engineering at Anduril Industries since January 2026, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department according to the profile. Former Sr. Software Development Group Manager (SDM), Prime Air at Amazon (2016–2026) and former Principal Program Manager at Rockwell Collins (2011–2016).
Michael Koenig
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · Anduril Industries
Director of Software Engineering at Anduril Industries since July 2026; the profile says the role is responsible for multiple software teams within TRS. Former Director of Engineering at Terran Orbital Corporation (2024–2026), former Sr. Manager, Flight Software at Terran Orbital Corporation (2023–2024) and former Chief Scientist at L3 Technologies (2018–2021).
Rich Cimino
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Engineering Head of Engineering - Air Defense Counter-UAS · Anduril Industries
Former Sr. Director of Engineering Head of Engineering - Air Defense Counter-UAS at Anduril Industries (September 2024 to July 2026), and Vice President of Engineering at AIRO since July 2026. The profile describes a focus on full-lifecycle execution across Counter-UAS, air defense, autonomy and AI-enabled sensing. Former Director of Engineering (InFlight Entertainment) (2022–2024) and Director of Engineering (InFlight Connectivity) (2018–2022) at Panasonic Avionics Corporation.
Shane Arnott
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Programs & Engineering · Anduril Industries
Senior Vice President Programs & Engineering at Anduril Industries since November 2022, based in Costa Mesa. Former Chief Engineer at Anduril Industries (July 2021 to November 2022). Former Boeing roles include Program Director - Airpower Teaming System - Autonomous Systems (2019–2021) and Director - Phantom Works - International (2013–2019).
Stas Groisman
LinkedInExperience: Director Software Engineering · Anduril Industries
Director Software Engineering at Anduril Industries since January 2026, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department according to the profile. Former Software Engineering Manager at Meta (2022–2026) and former Software Engineer at Meta, Oculus VR and Microsoft between 2018 and 2022.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's engineering area to your question, since software, systems, mission and hardware engineering leaders each see different parts of how a product gets built and fielded. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Anduril experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you structure engineering teams when hardware, software and mission requirements all change quickly?
- 02What does it take to move a defense system from prototype to a fielded capability on a short timeline?
- 03How do you hire and organize engineers coming from large defense primes, startups and big tech companies?
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