2027 Reliability Engineer Intern

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

As a Reliability Engineering Intern at Anduril, you will gain knowledge of advanced Reliability tools and methodologies to drive excellence into our products.

Responsibilities:

• Support review of system block diagrams, interface control documents, and schematics for compliance, redundancy, and accuracy against requirements.
• Proactively identify product risks and drive root cause analysis & corrective actions.
• Support Failure Modes & Effects Analysis activities and collaborate with other Engineering teams to implement product improvements for Reliability.
• Support predictive reliability analysis efforts to calculate failure rates and Mean Time Between Failure metrics, utilizing Anduril requirements, specifications, and MIL-HDBK-217 Plus.
• Support the development of Maintainability prediction models using MIL-HDBK-472.
• Develop R&D and Qualification Test plans to ensure appropriate requirements coverage.
• Work with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure inspection and acceptance test gates are in place and documented against requirements.
• Perform Weibull analysis utilizing data from Qualification campaigns and from fielded assets.
• Use data analysis techniques to highlight key problem areas for deployed products, propose corrective actions, and drive to closure.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, 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:

• Prior internship experience and/or leadership on a collegiate project team or laboratory.
• Demonstrated hands-on fabrication skills.
• Exposure to test plan development, test data acquisition, data analysis, and failure analysis techniques.
• Exposure to 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.
• Collegiate project team, machine shop, or laboratory experience.
• High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite of tools.