# 2027 Field Test Engineer Intern

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: internship
**Salary**: $32-$40 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are seeking Field Test Engineer interns to join the Quincy or Costa Mesa-based team at Anduril, where you’ll work in a cutting-edge start-up environment to advance the state-of-the-possible in subsea robotics.

In this role, you will be at the water's edge and on the deck plate - planning, executing, and analyzing at-sea test events for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASV) and subsea systems.

**Responsibilities**

- Work within a dynamic team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the life of AUV/ASV design, integration, and test efforts

- Take on the principal responsibilities of the hands-on troubleshooting, repair, operation, and maintenance of AUVs / ASV and subsea systems in the field

- Lead day-to-day local operations for multiple AUVs / ASV and subsea platforms, including conducting pre-mission testing, launch and recovery, vehicle tasking, and data analysis

- Deploy globally in support of maritime operations from a variety of support vessel types

- Write, review, and execute test plans during sea testing

- Coordinate test execution with 3rd party vendors, partners, and logistics companies

- Author detailed daily operational test reports to document the step-by-step execution of internal and customer facing efforts to test and evaluate Anduril maritime platforms and new capabilities

- Support software UI design feedback for maritime systems

- Participate in generation of user documentation for all aspects of AUV and subsea operations, including user guides, mission planning guides, etc.

- Contribute to routine design reviews of the platform under test with an eye towards improving operability and reducing learning curve for at-sea operations

- Contribute to next-generation designs and features for maritime products, from identifying areas for improvement to leading test and evaluation efforts for new technology rollouts

- Participate in day-to-day offshore test operations including supporting multiple nearshore sea test days per week

**Required Qualifications**

- Must be pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.

- Must be returning to school at the end of the internship to continue academic studies for at least one quarter or semester.

- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities; U.S. clearance eligibility may be required depending on program.

- Ability to complete a 12-week in-person internship in one of our offices in summer 2027.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience with software development

- Understanding of integrating subsea acoustic sensors, underwater navigation, and communication systems

- Proficient in reading and understanding engineering drawings and specifications

- Knowledge of offshore HSE policies and best practices

- Ability to adapt quickly and learn in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment

- Experience with Linux and command line interfaces as well as software debugging

- Knowledge of electronics troubleshooting and basic use of test equipment

- Experience with Microsoft Excel

- Extremely organized and detail-oriented

- Excellent communication and customer support skills

- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs

- Ability to deploy up to 50% of the time

**Benefits** Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) to ensure you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

## Skills

### Required
- Computer Science
- Computer Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Mathematics
- Physics

### Nice to have
- software development
- subsea acoustic sensors
- underwater navigation
- communication systems
- Linux
- command line interfaces
- software debugging
- electronics troubleshooting
- Microsoft Excel

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