Naval Architect Co-op - Winter 2027

Anduril Industries • Costa Mesa, CA

3h

About The Position

Anduril Maritime designs and builds the next generation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) from the ground up. The exceptionally large AUV program develops a large-displacement vehicle. Work with a small team of engineers who design, build, and test their own hardware.

Requirements

• Pursuing a degree in naval architecture, marine engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related technical field
• Coursework or project experience in ship hydrostatics, resistance, structures, or stability
• Working knowledge of naval-architecture analysis tools (e.g., Maxsurf, Rhino, Orca3D, GHS, or equivalent)
• Ability to define and deliver a self-contained engineering artifact in 8 weeks with mentor support
• Hands-on experience building or testing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, assembly, model building). Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with classification society rules (ABS, DNV) for structural scantlings
• Experience with CAD (SolidWorks, Rhino) and FEA for structural sizing
• Coursework or project work in submarine/AUV hydrodynamics, propulsion, or launch and recovery systems
• Software scripting experience in any language (Python, MATLAB)

Responsibilities

• Own one or more scoped projects end to end, with mentor support, over the engagement.
• Hull form resistance study - Run parametric resistance analysis (Maxsurf or similar) on candidate hull variants. Deliverable: trade space of drag vs. displacement vs. speed across candidate geometries.
• Internal volume and arrangement trade study - Build a volume budget for planned payloads and subsystems against available hull volume, confirming the arrangement fits and the vehicle is hydrostatically supported (weight vs. displacement, longitudinal balance and trim). Deliverable: volume allocation budget, weight and buoyancy balance, and packing arrangement for a candidate vehicle configuration.
• Structural scantling analysis - Size primary structure (frames, shell plating, bulkheads) for a defined section of the vehicle to ABS or DNV rules. Deliverable: midship section drawing plus structural weight and material estimate.
• Stability and loading conditions - Develop the equilibrium polygon for a candidate vehicle configuration. Deliverable: surfaced GZ curves and submerged equilibrium polygon.
• Deployment / recovery system concept design - Mechanical and naval-architecture design for launch and recovery of a subsystem (buoy, UUV, or payload module). Deliverable: concept sketches, loads analysis, mechanism sizing.
• Propulsion system trade study - Compare propulsion architectures (electric drive, mechanical, hybrid) against program mission profiles. Deliverable: trade matrix scoring efficiency, weight, cost, and complexity.
• Producibility / manufacturing study - Assess hull fabrication approaches (plate cutting, forming, welding sequences) for a defined hull block. Deliverable: build strategy, production-hours estimate, tooling requirements.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• top-tier benefits for full-time employees

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed