Operations Engineer Intern: Build Scalable Data Solutions

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 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.