Strategic Finance Analyst, Mission Systems

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is hiring a Strategic Finance Analyst to build pricing and lifecycle models connecting product design to long-range planning. You’ll collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Mission Operations, Software, and Product teams to turn data into decision-ready insights.

The role requires strong financial modeling, cross-functional communication, and the ability to present to division leadership. U.S. citizen with eligibility for security clearance preferred.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in analytical roles (IB/PE/FP&A/pricing/consulting).
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong financial modeling skills and scenario/NPV/IRR analysis.
• Ability to work with engineers/operational teams to contextualize data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to present to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Build pricing models across Mission Systems offerings (hardware, software, sustainment).
• Develop O&S models using field data (MTBF, returns, repairs, spares).
• Model logistics, returns, depot repair, refurbishment and their costs.
• Estimate software and field support costs and ladder them to lifecycle cost.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing/Quality/Supply Chain on unit cost, yield, learning curves.
• Align long-range plan with current offerings and pricing assumptions.
• Run scenario analyses (volume, price, reliability) and compute NPV/IRR.

Skills

Financial modeling

Strategic analysis

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Finance degree

Engineering background

Tools

SQL

Python

BI tools

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Team

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company on a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities. By applying the technology and business model of today’s most innovative companies to defense, we are changing how military systems are designed, built, and sold—powered by Lattice OS, our AI-driven operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a real-time, 3D command-and-control center. Anduril’s Mission Systems division spans Electromagnetic Warfare, Imaging, and Battlespace Awareness, building hardware-enabled, software-defined sensors and systems that are sold, fielded, and sustained over long service lives.

About The Job

We are hiring a Strategic Finance Analyst to own the models that connect how our products are built, fielded, and sustained to how they are priced and how they show up in the long range plan. Reporting to the Mission Systems Division Finance Lead, you will build pricing and operations and sustainment (O&S) models across the division’s product portfolio, working directly with Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Mission Operations, Software, and Product teams to understand the context behind the data. The right person can take messy operational data, understand what is really driving it, and turn it into models leadership can make decisions on.

What You’ll Do

• Build and own pricing models across Mission Systems product offerings, including hardware, software subscriptions, and sustainment, tying unit cost, margin targets, and contract structure to price.
• Build and maintain O&S models that translate field data such as MTBF, field return and repair rates, spares consumption, and repair turnaround into sustainment cost and price over a system’s service life.
• Model logistics and reverse logistics flows (spares positioning, returns, depot repair, refurbishment) and quantify their cost and inventory impact.
• Model mission operations and software sustainment costs, including field support, software updates, and engineering support, and how they scale as the fielded fleet grows.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to understand unit cost, yield, and learning curves, and how design and quality improvements flow into lifecycle cost.
• Bridge the long range plan and current product offerings, ensuring LRP assumptions for units, price, margin, and O&S reconcile to what we sell and support today.
• Run scenario and sensitivity analysis on volume, price, reliability, and sustainment approach to support pursuit, product, and investment decisions, including NPV/IRR business cases.
• Distill complex analysis into clear recommendations and executive-ready presentations for division leadership.
• Build reusable models, tools, and dashboards that scale across business lines and product families.

Required Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, strategic finance, FP&A, pricing, consulting, or another highly analytical role.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Strong financial modeling skills, with the ability to build dynamic models from a blank sheet and run scenario, sensitivity, and NPV/IRR analysis.
• Ability to work alongside engineers and operators to understand the context behind the data and turn ambiguous questions into structured analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to make complex analysis accessible to senior leaders.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to apply for and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Investment banking or private equity experience, with exposure to valuation, transaction, or operating models.
• Experience building lifecycle cost, O&S, warranty, or aftermarket service models.
• Experience pricing combined hardware and software or subscription offerings.
• Defense, aerospace, or complex hardware industry experience, including familiarity with fixed-price and cost-type contract structures.
• Proficiency with SQL, Python, or BI tools, and familiarity with Oracle ERP and Oracle EPM.

US Salary Range

$117,000—$154,000 USD

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.

Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.

Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.