2026 Early Career Engineering Finance Associate
Andurilindustries · Costa Mesa, California, United States · Posted Jul 3, 2026
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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 JOB
You will own development and production cost estimations for new products ranging in maturity from concept to in development
You will partner with leadership and teams from across the business to translate engineering problems into quantitative measures and partial solutions (with a financial lens)
Your work will vary from quick-turn analytical problem solving to process and data improvements and building out financial models
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Support projects end-to-end, from Definition, Solution, to Implementation. You will be handed ambiguous, messy problems with little prescription on how to solve them
Execute scrappy analyses on short timelines to get answers quickly, while also owning more scalable solutions that will make Anduril successful in the long term
Project manage across many stakeholders. If you don’t like being the person leading meetings with large groups of people or managing large Slack channels to wrangle stakeholders towards a solution, this may not be the role for you
Work across functions and learn Anduril’s business top-to-bottom. You will interact with Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and more
Own detailed should cost models end-to-end, from on-the-ground gathering of data, through creating materials, to presenting them to stakeholders
Build parametric cost models for a variety of products breaking down products into first principles including capability and physics
Tying entire product life cycle costs together to forecast product business case viability, opportunities, and risks
Create novel frameworks for establishing a strong “value engineering” muscle
Establish transparency into material cost for existing and future Anduril products
Build financial models that help set material cost targets for different products
Work with the Engineering and Supply Chain teams to develop and implement cost reduction roadmaps
Help executives think through tradeoffs in product features vs. costs vs. profitability
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
You are a recent graduate with a mathematics, data analytics, and/or engineering background, interested in aerospace industry
You have a strong understanding of mathematics or model building
You have strong analytical aptitude. You intuitively think about problems in terms of numbers
You are able to quickly execute analyses in Excel
You have an ability to quantify complex often ambiguous problems
You have a deep fascination with the intersection of engineering design and how businesses grow and scale
You are comfortable communicating broadly and having a lot of eyes on your work. This role can at-times require comms to large groups and senior leadership
You enjoy working at a place where no one minds if you leave early one day to go to an appointment or run an errand, but you also don’t mind responding to Slacks in the evening while you’re watching Netflix
Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Basic understanding of engineering design within one or more of the following: aerospace, software, maritime, or electronics
Understanding of configuration management principles and how to structure Bill of Materials
Familiarity with defense standards such as MIL-STD-881 and DOD MRA Frameworks
US Salary Range
$68,000 $90,000 USD
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 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:
Benefits
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