Kurt Zepeda
Hi, I'm Kurt

Kurt Zepeda

Senior Technical Program Manager at Anduril Industries, working across engineering, product, and operations. Formerly a nuclear-trained officer in the U.S. Navy.

Costa Mesa, California

Kurt Zepeda outdoors, smiling

About

I'm a Technical Program Manager at Anduril Industries, where I work across engineering, product, and operations to ship internal tools and platform capabilities. Before Anduril, I served just over five years as a nuclear-trained officer in the U.S. Navy, leading navigation and information warfare systems divisions aboard a submarine and managing radiological controls at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Experience

Senior Technical Program Manager

Feb 2025 – Present
Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, CA

Senior Digital Engineer

Jan 2024 – Feb 2025
Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, CA

Global Product Manager

Jul 2023 – Dec 2023
QSA Global, Inc. · Burlington, MA
  • Developed two new product roadmaps for portable X-ray screening technology based on customer and sales feedback.
  • Championed cross-team engineering and R&D projects spanning short-term retention and long-term market growth.
  • Managed four vendor relationships, including SOW/NDA development and external stakeholder communications.

Navigation Systems / Information Warfare Systems Division Officer

Jun 2021 – Jul 2023
U.S. Navy · Portsmouth, NH
  • Built two scheduling algorithms (Python on Google Cloud, JS/Bootstrap frontend on Firebase) that cut schedule production time by 75%.
  • Audited and managed 13 IT specialists and navigation electronics technicians across classified and unclassified LAN systems.
  • Led the revision of 100+ pages of navigational doctrine and certified the piloting crew.

Chemistry and Radiological Controls Officer

May 2020 – Jun 2021
U.S. Navy · Portsmouth, NH
  • Reviewed and approved 15+ radiologically intensive work packages, reducing personnel exposure by 22%.
  • Led 45+ hours of engineering training for 80 nuclear-trained sailors, cutting radiological mishaps by 30%.
  • Supervised turnover of radiological control of a multi-million dollar reactor plant to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Junior Officer, Nuclear Power Training

May 2018 – May 2020
U.S. Navy · Charleston, SC
  • Graduated with honors from Naval Nuclear Power Training Command and Naval Nuclear Prototype Training Command. GPA: 3.62/4.00.

Skills

Program Management Technical Program Management Python JavaScript APIs Product Management Team Leadership Nuclear Power Plants