Analytics Engineer, Sentry

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Irvine, CA · AFS : Counter Intrusion Engineering

This role is for an Analytics Engineer at Anduril Industries, a defense technology company. The primary focus is on building and maintaining data pipelines and analytical systems to transform raw data into strategic advantages for the business line. The role involves designing data workflows, developing dashboards and analytics, owning the full product lifecycle of analytics tools, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive operational efficiency and enhance fleet management. The company utilizes an AI-powered operating system and incorporates AI, autonomy, computer vision, and sensor fusion into its defense systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and maintain data pipelines and analytical systems: Design data workflows that ingest, transform, and model data from diverse sources (deployment systems, inventory databases, monitoring tools, business systems), ensuring data quality and accessibility
  2. Develop dashboards and analytics that shape decision-making: Create data products ranging from ad hoc analyses for rapid iteration to scalable dashboards and trackers that provide visibility into deployment tracking, inventory status, component lifecycle, fleet performance, and system reliability
  3. Own the full product lifecycle: Act as PM, designer, and builder for analytics tools—defining requirements, designing user experiences, building technical solutions, and iterating based on user feedback
  4. Collaborate to bridge technical and operational needs: Partner closely with cross-functional teams to understand their data challenges and translate them into effective data solutions, working within systems like ERP, MRP, and other operational platforms
  5. Drive operational efficiency through data analysis: Perform quantitative analyses including deployment data validation, inventory reconciliation, trend analysis, variance investigation, and root-cause analysis to identify bottlenecks and optimize processes

Skills

Required

  • SQL
  • Python
  • data-driven
  • understand systems
  • communicate effectively in both technical and non-technical contexts
  • translating business problems into data solutions
  • strong bias for action
  • designing better solutions
  • thrive on untangling complex, messy problems
  • creating order from chaos
  • work cross-functionally

Nice to have

  • Palantir Foundry
  • Tableau
  • Looker
  • Power BI
  • Streamlit
  • full-stack solutions
  • React
  • data pipeline concepts
  • ETL processes
  • data engineering principles
  • ERP
  • MRP
  • MES
  • inventory management platforms
  • supply chain analytics
  • hardware product lifecycle operations
  • manufacturing environments
  • complex hardware/software systems
  • monitoring and alerting tools
  • DataDog
  • Grafana
  • reliability engineering metrics
  • MTBF
  • failure analysis
  • deployment tracking
  • fleet management concepts