Finance Associate, Engineering

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$99,000–$130,000 / yr
Posted
95 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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Similar $182k
This role $114k
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This role pays less than 91% of similar roles. Most pay $143,550–$221,175 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $114k versus about $182k for comparable roles.

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 1697 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1504 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Finance Associate, Engineering

As a Finance Associate, Engineering, you will join the team to own development and production cost estimations for new products ranging from concept to active development. You will partner with leadership across functions like Supply Chain and Manufacturing to translate complex engineering problems into quantitative measures and financial models. Your daily work involves executing scrappy analyses on short timelines, building parametric cost models based on first principles, and creating novel frameworks for value engineering. You will manage projects end-to-end, red-team engineering plans from a business perspective, and establish transparency regarding material costs. To succeed, you must possess strong analytical aptitude, proficiency in Excel, and the ability to use tools like Salesforce, Coupa, Anaplan, and Palantir Foundry. This role addresses the critical challenge of balancing product features against cost and profitability within the defense technology sector.

What you'll do

  • Own development and production cost estimations for new products from concept through implementation.
  • Translate complex engineering problems into quantitative measures and financial solutions.
  • Build parametric cost models based on first principles like capability and physics.
  • Develop and implement cost reduction roadmaps in collaboration with Engineering and Supply Chain teams.
  • Create frameworks to establish transparency regarding material costs for current and future products.
  • Build financial models to forecast product business case viability, risks, and opportunities.
  • Red-team engineering plans from a financial and business perspective to evaluate trade-offs.
  • Manage projects end-to-end by solving ambiguous problems and coordinating across multiple stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • You must have at least 5 years of experience in manufacturing finance, engineering finance, or value engineering at a high growth hardware company.
  • You must be a U.S. Person to access export-controlled information or facilities.
  • You must have a strong understanding of financial and accounting concepts.
  • You must possess a strong analytical aptitude and the ability to quantify complex, ambiguous problems.
  • You must be able to quickly execute analyses in Excel.
  • You must be comfortable communicating with large groups and senior leadership.
  • You should have a basic understanding of engineering design in aerospace, software, maritime, or electronics.
  • You should understand configuration management principles and how to structure Bill of Materials.

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