About the role#
As a Reliability Engineering Intern, you will collaborate with our Engineering organization to ensure our products meet mission performance requirements and withstand challenging environmental conditions. You will gain experience with advanced reliability tools and methodologies while supporting Systems, Hardware, and Software teams across the product development lifecycle.
What you'll do#
- Support the review of system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics for compliance, redundancy, and accuracy.
- Identify product risks and drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Participate in Failure Modes and Effects Analysis activities.
- Support predictive reliability analysis efforts to calculate failure rates and Mean Time Between Failure metrics.
- Develop Maintainability prediction models using MIL-HDBK-472.
- Create R&D and Qualification Test plans to ensure requirements coverage.
- Work with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to document inspection and acceptance test gates.
- Perform Weibull analysis using data from Qualification campaigns and fielded assets.
- Use data analysis to identify problem areas for deployed products and drive corrective actions to closure.
What you'll need#
- Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical, or Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- Must be returning to school at the end of the internship to continue academic studies.
- Ability to complete a 12-week in-person internship in summer 2027.
- Must be a U.S. Person.
- Prior internship experience or leadership on a collegiate project team or laboratory.
- Hands-on fabrication skills and experience in a machine shop or laboratory setting.
- Exposure to test plan development, data acquisition, and failure analysis techniques.
- Familiarity with reliability analysis techniques such as FMEA/FMECA, predictive modeling, Weibull analysis, and Fault Tree Analysis.
- Technical writing experience developing standards, specifications, user guides, and policies.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- High competence with engineering first principles.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, paid, on-site internship based in Costa Mesa, California.
- The term is Summer 2027.
About Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries operates in the defense and space manufacturing sector. The company develops technology for national security, defense, and artificial intelligence applications. It maintains a presence in multiple locations including Orange County, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Sydney. The organization employs over 8,000 people.
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