Winter 2027 Systems Engineer Co-op
A 16–24 week in-person systems engineering co-op at defense tech company Anduril (Winter 2027, Quincy, MA). The co-op owns scoped projects like trade studies, requirements decomposition, design review prep, and test planning across mechanical, electrical, software, and other engineering disciplines, with mentor support.
- Compensation
- $40–$55 / hr
- Location
- Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Intern
- Employment
- Internship
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
- Returning to school at the end of the co-op to continue academic studies for at least one quarter or semester
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities; U.S. clearance eligibility may be required depending on program
- Ability to complete an in-person, 16–24 week co-op in one of our offices in 2027
Nice to have
- Collegiate project team, laboratory, or prior internship experience involving hardware or software systems development
- Coursework or project exposure to qualification/acceptance testing standards or methodologies
- Familiarity with U.S. government contract structures or programs
- Genuine interest in defense systems and complex, multi-disciplinary engineering programs
- Coursework or project exposure to complex systems development, including tradeoffs between performance, schedule, and other competing objectives
- Strong technical communication skills
- Strong technical fundamentals across at least one core engineering discipline, with interest in cross-disciplinary integration
Full description
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE JOB
We are looking for a Systems Engineer Co-op to join our rapidly growing team. In this role, you'll get hands-on exposure to how Anduril develops technical strategy and executes complex, integrated hardware and software programs — from pre-award demonstrations through early contract phases and full execution. You'll support a multi-disciplinary engineering team working toward efficient development and delivery of solutions for our customers.
You'll gain exposure to how systems engineering spans company boundaries in an agile, CI/CD-oriented development approach, balancing the development of new capabilities with the integration of existing Anduril technologies. You'll also see firsthand how technical status gets communicated to customers and leadership throughout a program's lifecycle.
Systems Engineering at Anduril touches every phase of program execution — from proposals through design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR), qualification testing, and delivery — and spans disciplines including mechanical, thermal, structural, electrical, software, firmware, GNC, reliability, and manufacturing (integration and test). A strong Systems Engineer Co-op is someone who's technically curious across disciplines and eager to learn how these pieces fit together across a program's full lifecycle.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
You will own one or more scoped projects end to end, with mentor support, over the engagement. Candidate projects include:
- Trade study support — Perform a system-level trade study balancing risk, cost, and performance for a defined design decision. Deliverable: trade study writeup and recommendation reviewed by the engineering team.
- Requirements decomposition exercise — Take a defined complex system requirement and decompose it into executable sub-requirements, under mentor guidance. Deliverable: requirements decomposition document validated against an existing design.
- Design review support — Prepare supporting technical materials for an upcoming design review (SRR, PDR, or CDR) for a defined subsystem. Deliverable: review package contribution and follow-up action summary.