Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence

Anduril Industries

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On-site
Location
Santa Ana, CA
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$220,000–$292,000 / yr
Posted
12 days ago
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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Applied Intelligence), you will join the Maritime Digital Production team to bridge the gap between ML research and production operations. You will own the infrastructure required to transition ML prototypes into reliable, production-grade systems running on factory floors. Your daily responsibilities include building inference infrastructure across cloud and on-premises OT hardware, managing data pipelines, and ensuring high availability for deployed models. You will utilize Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Docker, and Kubernetes to architect end-to-end ML platforms. The role involves solving complex manufacturing problems by integrating real-time signals from factory sensors into production workflows. You will manage the full model lifecycle, including dataset curation, versioning, and drift detection, to ensure AI applications operate reliably within a physical shipbuilding manufacturing environment.

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What you'll do

  • Own the production hardening and deployment of ML prototype applications into reliable, maintainable production systems.
  • Build and maintain inference infrastructure across cloud environments and on-premises OT hardware on the factory floor.
  • Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and drift detection systems to maintain operational SLOs for production ML applications.
  • Translate ML research requirements into concrete infrastructure for datasets, training pipelines, and inference systems.
  • Architect the end-to-end ML platform stack including data ingestion, labeling, training orchestration, and model serving.
  • Manage dataset curation, versioning, and model governance processes to ensure high-quality model development.
  • Participate in on-call rotations to ensure high availability and rapid incident response for deployed ML products.
  • Write production-quality code and establish best practices for MLOps, observability, and secure data handling.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of experience in software engineering or ML engineering roles building production systems.
  • Strong production MLOps experience including data pipeline management, model versioning, deployment automation, and production monitoring.
  • Proven track record of taking ML models from prototype to production and maintaining them long-term.
  • Experience with on-call rotations and production incident management for data or ML systems.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and experience with deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow.
  • Experience building and deploying containerized ML services using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Solid data engineering skills including pipeline orchestration, data quality management, and working with time-series or event-driven data.
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • U.S. Person status is required to access export-controlled data.
  • Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or OT-adjacent domains (preferred).
  • Background deploying ML models to edge devices or on-premises hardware in production environments (preferred).
  • Experience with workflow/orchestration tools such as Flyte, Airflow, Kubeflow, or Temporal (preferred).
  • Familiarity with GPU infrastructure management and inference optimization (TensorRT, Triton Inference Server) (preferred).
  • Experience with MLOps tools including experiment tracking, feature stores, and model registries (preferred).
  • Experience building RAG systems, vector databases, or LLM deployment pipelines (preferred).
  • Background with computer vision model deployment, OCR/IDP systems, or document processing pipelines (preferred).
  • Experience coordinating with platform or infrastructure teams at larger organizations (preferred).
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures, IoT/UNS patterns, and real-time systems integration (preferred).
  • Knowledge of edge ML deployment, model optimization, or deploying models on resource-constrained devices (preferred).
  • Experience in regulated environments (NNPI/ITAR) and secure model/data governance (preferred).
  • Experience in hyper-growth startup environments (preferred).
  • Familiarity with enterprise systems such as ERP, MES, WMS, or PLM (preferred).
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance (preferred).

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