Systems Engineer Intern, Space

Systems Engineer Intern, Space

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.

We are looking for a Systems Engineer Intern, Space to join our rapidly growing team in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will assist the program's Principal Systems Engineer with monitoring and execution of an Orbital Systems team that effectively leverages current Anduril technologies and newly developed technologies to serve the customer mission areas. The Systems Engineer Intern, working with a multi-disciplinary engineering team, will assist in the efficient development and delivery of hardware and software solutions for Anduril's customers. Through the mentorship of the Principal System's Engineer, the Systems Engineer Intern will gain experience with complex, integrated systems for on-orbit operations and demonstrations, to include sub-contracted teammates and strategic partnerships. The Systems Engineer Intern will be expected to gain competency and refine foundational systems engineering tools used in effective technical development and integration of spaceflight systems – a process which spans company boundaries in an agile development approach. They will need to balance development of new capabilities with the incorporation of several pre-existing Anduril capabilities, and need to effectively communicate development status to internal stakeholders. The Systems Engineer Intern will gain insight and experience in all aspects of program execution from design reviews, assembly, integrated testing, and on-orbit operations of spacecraft. The Systems Engineer Intern in conjunction with the Principal Systems Engineer will assist in building out the necessary systems engineering tools for Anduril to execute on all necessary aspects of satellite and payload design, integration, and test.

What You'll Do

• Assist the Principal Systems Engineer in building out new products to satisfy customer requirements in new and challenging mission areas
• Develop insights into multiple spacecraft subsystems including bus and payloads
• Contribute technical inputs to engineering execution plans
• Develop tools to be used in oversight to a multi-disciplinary team of engineers through all phases of program execution up to and including delivery and operation of capabilities on-orbit
• Assist in process development for mission and system level trade studies and analysis to balance risk, cost, and performance

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong technical communication skills, providing the ability to deliver critical technical briefings and conclusions to technical leadership
• Strong technical fundamentals in an engineering discipline
• Working knowledge of systems engineering principles