Finance Associate (Engineering)

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Family Health Coverage

16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Family Planning & Support

Incentivized Time Off

Mental Health Resources

Financial Planning

Unlimited Provisions

Professional Development

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a seasoned cost estimation and finance professional to own end‑to‑end product cost models from concept through development and into production. You will partner with Finance, Engineering, and Supply Chain to translate complex engineering problems into quantitative, defensible financial analyses.

The role requires deep analytical ability, knowledge of cost structures, and experience in fast-paced hardware environments.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing finance, engineering finance, or value engineering at a high-growth hardware company.
• Basic understanding of engineering design within aerospace, software, maritime, or electronics.
• Understanding of configuration management principles and how to structure Bill of Materials.
• Familiarity with defense standards such as MIL-STD-881 and DOD MRA Frameworks.
• Strong analytical aptitude and ability to quantify complex, often ambiguous problems.
• Strong understanding of financial and accounting concepts.
• Ability to quickly execute analyses in Excel.
• Comfortable communicating broadly, including with large groups and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own development and production cost estimations for new products from concept to in development.
• Translate engineering problems into quantitative measures and financial lens.
• Build fast analyses and scalable financial models.
• Own projects end-to-end from Definition to Implementation in ambiguous environments.
• Develop and implement cost reduction roadmaps across functions.
• Interact with Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and others.
• Create should-cost models end-to-end using data gathering and stakeholder presentation.
• Build parametric cost models breaking products into first principles like capability and physics.
• Forecast product life cycle costs to assess viability, opportunities, and risks.
• Establish frameworks for a strong value engineering culture.

Skills

Analytical aptitude

Financial concepts

Excel modeling

Cost engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Communicating with leadership

Data-driven decision making

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

Salesforce

Coupa

Anaplan

Palantir Foundry

Job description

Responsibilities

• You will own development and production cost estimations for new products ranging in maturity from concept to in development
• You will partner with leadership and teams from across the business to translate engineering problems into quantitative measures and partial solutions (with a financial lens)
• Your work will vary from quick‑turn analytical problem solving to process and data improvements and building out financial models
• Own projects end‑to‑end, from Definition, Solution, to Implementation. You will be handed ambiguous, messy problems with little prescription on how to solve them
• Execute scrappy analyses on short timelines to get answers quickly, while also owning more scalable solutions that will make Anduril successful in the long term
• Project manage across many stakeholders. If you don’t like being the person leading meetings with large groups of people or managing large Slack channels to wrangle stakeholders towards a solution, this may not be the role for you
• Work across functions and learn Anduril’s business top‑to‑bottom. You will interact with Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and more
• Own detailed should‑cost models end‑to‑end, from on‑the‑ground gathering of data, through creating materials, to presenting them to stakeholders
• Build parametric cost models for a variety of products breaking down products into first principles including capability and physics
• Tying entire product life cycle costs together to forecast product business case viability, opportunities, and risks
• Create novel frameworks for establishing a strong “value engineering” muscle
• Establish transparency into material cost for existing and future Anduril products
• Build financial models that help set material cost targets for different products
• Work with the Engineering and Supply Chain teams to develop and implement cost reduction roadmaps
• Help executives think through tradeoffs in product features vs. costs vs. profitability
• “Red‑Team” engineering plans from a financial / business perspective

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

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export‑controlled information or facilities
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing finance, engineering finance, or value engineering at a high‑growth hardware company
• Basic understanding of engineering design within aerospace, software, maritime, or electronics
• Understanding of configuration management principles and how to structure Bill of Materials
• Familiarity with defense standards such as MIL‑STD‑881 and DOD MRA Frameworks
• Strong analytical aptitude and ability to quantify complex, often ambiguous problems
• Strong understanding of financial and accounting concepts
• Ability to quickly execute analyses in Excel
• Comfortable communicating broadly, including with large groups and senior leadership
• Willingness to learn corporate systems (e.g., Salesforce, Coupa, Anaplan) and analytic/dashboarding tools (e.g., Palantir Foundry)
• Adaptable schedule, comfortable responding to Slack in evenings and flexible working arrangements