2027 Business Operations Engineer Intern

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an ambitious, strategic intern for the Air Dominance and Strike Division. You will help build end-to-end data-driven operational software, embed with engineers, and scale data systems to support rapid production ramp, quality improvements, and field deployments.

The role emphasizes hands-on development of operational apps, collaboration with the Analytics team, and delivering practical solutions that impact the business and field operations.

Qualifications

• Must be pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• Must be returning to school at the end of the internship to continue academic studies for at least one quarter or semester.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities; U.S. clearance eligibility may be required depending on program.
• Ability to complete a 12-week in-person internship in Costa Mesa, CA, or Ashville, OH, in summer 2027.
• Engineering fundamentals - Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or similar background.
• You’re deeply intellectually interested in the intersection of analytics and the real, physical, atoms-based, hardware world and are motivated by Anduril’s mission.
• You’re energized by business impact & a self-starter: you’d rather build an imperfect solution quickly that is used by many people than a perfect solution that collects dust.
• Proof of delivery - you owned a project end-to-end from ambiguity to delivered, scaleable outcome.
• Coding experience - used python, SQL, react, typescript or equivalent.
• Data system exposure: dbt, Redshift, Looker/Tableau, Databricks, Palantir Foundry

Responsibilities

• Embed with various engineers to understand their workflows and locate their critical problems and bottlenecks
• Identify, structure and leverage various data systems that enables us to build tailored data-driven solutions
• Develop operational apps in a scrappy but effective way, work closely with users to iterate and support outcomes
• Build systems and infrastructure that allows applications to mature, roll out and scale in the field
• Work closely with Anduril’s corporate Analytics team to expand our ontologies and generalize our data and workflow applications across the entire company

Skills

Python

SQL

React

TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or related

Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or related

Tools

dbt

Redshift

Looker

Tableau

Databricks

Palantir Foundry

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Job

The goal of Anduril’s Air Dominance and Strike Division is to fundamentally reshape the way future peer to peer conflicts are fought by developing next generation Collaborative Combat Aircraft (Fury), missiles such as RoadRunner and Barracuda, and the Mission Autonomy software that is the brain of these products.

We’re in a race to build these products at scale. We need resilience in our supply chain, accelerate our ramp to production, iterate on design and quality through our test program, and ensure we’re maximizing operational effectiveness in the field. The operations that support and accelerate the product. The AD&S Operations team is a small but mighty team of business builder-operators who enable the division to scale through hyper-growth while breaking as few things as possible.

We’re looking for an ambitious, strategic intern that wants to build to accelerate every step of the way. We’re building an end-to-end ecosystem of first-class, operational software solutions that leverages data and AI to build and operate our products rapidly, at scale.

What You’ll Do

• Embed with various engineers to understand their workflows and locate their critical problems and bottlenecks
• Identify, structure and leverage various data systems that enables us to build tailored data-driven solutions
• Develop operational apps in a scrappy but effective way, work closely with users to iterate and support outcomes
• Build systems and infrastructure that allows applications to mature, roll out and scale in the field
• Work closely with Anduril’s corporate Analytics team to expand our ontologies and generalize our data and workflow applications across the entire company

Required Qualifications

• Must be pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• Must be returning to school at the end of the internship to continue academic studies for at least one quarter or semester.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities; U.S. clearance eligibility may be required depending on program.
• Ability to complete a 12-week in-person internship in Costa Mesa, CA, or Ashville, OH, in summer 2027.

Preferred Qualifications

• Engineering fundamentals - Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or similar background
• You’re deeply intellectually interested in the intersection of analytics and the real, physical, atoms-based, hardware world and are motivated by Anduril’s mission
• You’re energized by business impact & a self-starter: you’d rather build an imperfect solution quickly that is used by many people than a perfect solution that collects dust
• Proof of delivery - you owned a project end-to-end from ambiguity to delivered, scaleable outcome
• Coding experience - used python, SQL, react, typescript or equivalent
• Data system exposure: dbt, Redshift, Looker/Tableau, Databricks, Palantir Foundry

US Hourly Range

$24—$45 USD

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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