Strategy & Operations, Production

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Salary: $146,000–$194,000 / yr
Posted: today

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This role $170k

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This role pays more than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $131,000–$193,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $170k versus about $162k 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 1882 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1696 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Strategy & Operations, Production

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As a Strategy & Operations specialist in Anduril’s Production organization, you will join a dynamic team focused on solving high-priority problems through strategic and operational initiatives. Your role involves structuring ambiguous challenges, conducting rapid research to inform decision-making, and improving complex processes across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Planning, and other departments. You will work with business systems like ERP and MRP, using tools such as Excel and Palantir Foundry to extract insights and drive process improvements. Ideal candidates have 2-5+ years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, or similar roles, demonstrating self-motivation, data-driven thinking, and the ability to execute both short-term analyses and long-term scalable solutions. This role requires expertise in Excel and familiarity with business analytics tools, as well as a passion for tackling messy challenges in a fast-growing hardware startup environment.

Skills

Excel Palantir Foundry ERP MRP HRIS CI/CD Kubernetes AWS Terraform Python PostgreSQL Docker Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Provide structured approaches to ambiguous strategic problems and guide cross-functional teams towards decisions.
Conduct rapid, creative research on strategic issues to detail implications and tradeoffs of various decisions.
Work on operational challenges involving hardware and software systems for inventory management and asset tracking.
Become familiar with business systems (ERP, MRP, HRIS) and use data from them to create insights and analytics.
Execute quick analyses and develop scalable solutions to improve long-term success in production processes.

What we're looking for

2-5+ years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, or internal operations.
Proven ability to independently identify and implement solutions without direct supervision.
Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel for data analysis and modeling.
Experience working with business systems like ERP, MRP, HRIS, and analytics tools.
Capable of conducting rapid analyses and developing scalable long-term solutions.
Comfortable navigating complex, ambiguous environments typical of hardware startups.

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