Reliability Engineering Intern: Failures, Testing & Analysis

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking a Reliability Engineering Intern to work with the Systems, Hardware, and Software teams across the product lifecycle. You will gain hands-on experience with failure modes analysis, predictive modeling, and MIL-HDBK standards, contributing to product reliability and maintainability.

This 12-week, in-person internship requires returning to school after the term and US person status.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, 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 one of our offices in summer 2027.

Responsibilities

• Review system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics for compliance, redundancy, and accuracy against requirements.
• Proactively identify product risks and drive root cause analysis & corrective actions.
• Support Failure Modes & Effects Analysis activities and collaborate with other Engineering teams to implement product improvements for Reliability.
• Support predictive reliability analysis efforts to calculate failure rates and Mean Time Between Failure metrics, utilizing MIL-HDBK-217 Plus.
• Support the development of Maintainability prediction models using MIL-HDBK-472.
• Develop R&D and Qualification Test plans to ensure appropriate requirements coverage.
• Work with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure inspection and acceptance test gates are in place and documented against requirements.
• Perform Weibull analysis utilizing data from Qualification campaigns and from fielded assets.
• Use data analysis techniques to highlight key problem areas for deployed products, propose corrective actions, and drive to closure.

Skills

Reliability analytics

FMEA/FMECA

Weibull analysis

Data analysis

Test planning

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical/Aerospace/Electrical/Systems Engineering

Returning to school after internship for at least one semester

Tools

MIL-HDBK-217 Plus

MIL-HDBK-472

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking a Reliability Engineering Intern to work with the Systems, Hardware, and Software teams across the product lifecycle. You will gain hands-on experience with failure modes analysis, predictive modeling, and MIL-HDBK standards, contributing to product reliability and maintainability.

This 12-week, in-person internship requires returning to school after the term and US person status.