Naval Architect Co-op Winter 2027
Job Location:
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
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Job Summary
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.
WHAT YOULL DO
You will own one or more scoped projects end to end with mentor support over the engagement. Candidate projects include:
- 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.
These projects are program-focused examples not a limit on scope.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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 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
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 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)
US Salary Range
$40 - $40 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:
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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