Mechanical Engineering Intern, Anduril Industries
Summer 2025
More information about location
Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
Hardware and software for national security
Open for applications
Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.
Role
Who you are
- Pursuing a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or any related field
- Must be a rising senior at the time of their internship and returning to school at the end of their internship to continue their academic studies for at least one quarter/semester
- Collegiate project team or laboratory experience
- Currently enrolled in an undergrad or graduate engineering program
- CAD skills (any platform) and ability to make high quality engineering drawings that meet common industry standards
- Demonstrated hands-on fabrication skills
- High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles
- Ability to complete an in-person 12-week internship in Costa Mesa, CA
Desirable
- Prior internship experience and/or leadership on a collegiate project team or laboratory
- Experience in NX/Teamcenter and/or Solidworks
- Experience with FEA and/or CFD analysis tools
- Ability to integrate electrical components into designs (motors, controllers, sensors etc.)
- Experience with machining, sheet metal, injection molding, and 3D printing
What the job involves
- This is a paid, in-person, 12 week internship based out of Costa Mesa, CA
- This internship role will be a part of the Missiles Engineering team
- Design & build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
- Present design reviews, run analysis, visit vendors, design & execute hardware test plans
- Use first principles physics as a basis for every decision
- Get exposure to missile integration and testing
- Travel to test sites and vendors as needed
Our take
Anduril makes hardware and software for defense agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. Its hardware products include specialist drones with a long flight time and surveillance towers.
This hardware is tied together by proprietary software, the Lattice platform, which uses sensor fusion, machine learning, and mesh networking to integrate real-time data from Anduril hardware and third-party systems into a single, autonomous operating picture. While the hardware observes and detects, the software can make decisions as to the threat level of any anomalies, and so allow for observation and protection of an area or building with minimal manpower.
Anduril closed a Series E funding round in 2022 led by Valor Equity Partners. This funding was used for research and development of its autonomous defense products, such as the Roadrunner, a modular twin-jet powered autonomous vehicle that can take off and land vertically. Variants of the Roadrunner include defensive warhead armed interceptors which are the first drone weapons that can be retrieved after deployment. The company has also expanded to Australia where it is working in tandem with the Australian Defence Force to improve its military technology and infrastructure and is recruiting talent worldwide to support its rapidly growing portfolio of defense projects.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2024
$1.5bn
SERIES F
Dec 2022
$1.5bn
SERIES E
Total funding: $3.7bn
Company benefits
- Full Family Health Coverage
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
- Family Planning & Support
- Incentivized Time Off
- Mental Health Resources
- Financial Planning
- Unlimited Provisions
- Professional Development
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
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Leadership
Brian Schimpf
(Co-founder & CEO)Having studied at Cornell, they joined Palantir as an Engineer in 2007. They left after over 9 years in order to co-found Anduril in July 2017 as CEO.
Palmer Luckey
(Co-founder)They founded Oculus VR in April 2012, where they worked until April 2017 when they co-founded Anduril.
Trae Stephens
(Co-founder)Former Lead Data Analyst at LexisNexis for 2 years, prior to spending 5 at Palantir. They joined Founders Fund as a Partner in 2014, and co-founded Anduril in 2017.
Matt Grimm
(Co-founder & COO)Studied Engineering at Cornell before working as a Booz Allen Hamilton Consultant and spending over 6 years at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineer. They worked at Mithril Capital Management and Classy.org before co-founding Anduril in 2017.
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