Defense Tech Incident & Fleet Health Ops Lead

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Product Operations Associate to maintain the health of deployed defense technology and coordinate incident resolution across mission operations, program management, engineering, and sustainment.

The role focuses on data analysis, root cause investigations, and driving improvements to sustainment processes while supporting cross-functional decision-making and fleet modernization efforts.

Qualifications

• Experience in government, military, defense, or related sectors.
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Willingness to work non-standard hours and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Identify, triage, troubleshoot, and escalate incidents affecting health and performance of deployed air defense assets.
• Initiate root cause analyses and produce trend analyses for RCCA by product engineering teams.
• Identify and communicate data trends to support cross-functional decision making across teams.
• Collaborate across teams to sustain and modernize our fleet through maintenance and upgrades.
• Execute projects to scale sustainment processes and infrastructure.

Skills

Incident resolution

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Cross-functional coordination

Communication skills

Security clearance eligible

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Linux CLI

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Product Operations Associate to maintain the health of deployed defense technology and coordinate incident resolution across mission operations, program management, engineering, and sustainment.

The role focuses on data analysis, root cause investigations, and driving improvements to sustainment processes while supporting cross-functional decision-making and fleet modernization efforts.