Finance Associate, Engineering
Job Location:
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
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Job Summary
ABOUT THE JOB
- You will own development and production cost estimations for new products ranging in maturity from concept to in development
- You will partner with leadership and teams from across the business to translate engineering problems into quantitative measures and partial solutions (with a financial lens)
- Your work will vary from quick-turn analytical problem solving to process and data improvements and building out financial models
WHAT YOULL DO
- Own projects end-to-end from Definition Solution to Implementation. You will be handed ambiguous messy problems with little prescription on how to solve them
- Execute scrappy analyses on short timelines to get answers quickly while also owning more scalable solutions that will make Anduril successful in the long term
- Project manage across many stakeholders. If you dont like being the person leading meetings with large groups of people or managing large Slack channels to wrangle stakeholders towards a solution this may not be the role for you
- Work across functions and learn Andurils business top-to-bottom. You will interact with Finance Engineering Supply Chain Manufacturing and more
- Own detailed should cost models end-to-end from on-the-ground gathering of data through creating materials to presenting them to stakeholders
- Build parametric cost models for a variety of products breaking down products into first principles including capability and physics
- Tying entire product life cycle costs together to forecast product business case viability opportunities and risks
- Create novel frameworks for establishing a strong value engineering muscle
- Establish transparency into material cost for existing and future Anduril products
- Build financial models that help set material cost targets for different products
- Work with the Engineering and Supply Chain teams to develop and implement cost reduction roadmaps
- Help executives think through tradeoffs in product features vs. costs vs. profitability
- Red-Team engineering plans from a financial / business perspective
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- You have minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing finance engineering finance or value engineering role at a high growth hardware company
- You have a strong understanding of financial and accounting concepts
- You have strong analytical aptitude. You intuitively think about problems in terms of numbers
- You are able to quickly execute analyses in Excel
- You have an ability to quantify complex often ambiguous problems
- You are willing to learn how to use corporate systems (e.g. Salesforce Coupa Anaplan) and analytic / dashboarding tools (e.g. Palantir Foundry)
- You are comfortable communicating broadly and having a lot of eyes on your work. This role can at-times require comms to large groups and senior leadership
- You enjoy working at a place where no one minds if you leave early one day to go to an appointment or run an errand but you also dont mind responding to Slacks in the evening while youre watching Netflix
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Basic understanding of engineering design within one or more of the following: aerospace software maritime or electronics
- Understanding of configuration management principles and how to structure Bill of Materials
- Familiarity with defense standards such as MIL-STD-881 and DOD MRA Frameworks
US Salary Range
$99000 - $130000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
Benefits
At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.
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