Maritime Data & Metadata Intern

Andurilindustries; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an undergraduate or graduate student for a Maritime Digital Production internship in Orange County, CA. You will build vocabularies, asset hierarchies, and metadata standards to support the factory data ecosystem, working with data and manufacturing engineers on real-world processes.

The role emphasizes cataloging, taxonomy development, and documentation to ensure durable data governance across the production line. This is an in-person 12-week summer program in 2027.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Library Science, Information Science, Knowledge Management, Archival Studies, or Linguistics.
• Must return to school after internship for at least one quarter/semester.
• U.S. Person due to access to U.S. export-controlled information; security requirements may apply.
• Able to complete a 12‑week in-person internship in summer 2027.

Responsibilities

• Develop vocabularies for equipment, materials, processes, and locations across the build chain.
• Build asset hierarchies and naming conventions for plant-floor data.
• Write metadata schemas and document data meanings and usage.
• Catalog data sources and maintain entries with provenance and ownership.
• Audit data models for consistency and gaps; propose fixes.
• Document standards to ensure naming decisions persist after you leave.
• Collaborate with data/manufacturing engineers to align models with shop-floor reality.

Skills

Metadata knowledge

Attention to detail

Clear writing

Information architecture

Education

Library/Information Science degree

Tools

Protégé

SQL

Python

Dublin Core

SKOS/RDF

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an undergraduate or graduate student for a Maritime Digital Production internship in Orange County, CA. You will build vocabularies, asset hierarchies, and metadata standards to support the factory data ecosystem, working with data and manufacturing engineers on real-world processes.

The role emphasizes cataloging, taxonomy development, and documentation to ensure durable data governance across the production line. This is an in-person 12-week summer program in 2027.