Winter 2027 Research Engineer Co-op
Anduril Industries is hiring a Winter 2027 Research Engineer Co-op. It pays $60-$75/hr and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
AI in this role
Conduct advanced geometric algorithm research and development for autonomous defense systems and AI-powered military operating platforms.
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.
- Research or coursework in assembly sequence planning, disassembly planning, or motion planning. If you know what a non-directional blocking graph is, or have read Wilson and Latombe or the STAAT work by Romney and colleagues, we want to talk to you.
Research Engineer Intern, Geometric Algorithms | Anduril Industries | 2026-10-06
- Publications at ICRA, IROS, RSS, SoCG, or Solid and Physical Modeling, or in the Computer-Aided Design journal.
- Experience with Eigen, OpenCASCADE, OpenVDB, CGAL, or a collision or bounding volume hierarchy library.
- Parallel programming in C++ with Intel TBB, OpenMP, or standard threads, with attention to determinism.
- Familiarity with CAD data: boundary representations versus tessellated meshes, and formats such as STEP and JT.
- Experience with CMake, GoogleTest, and reproducible builds. Nix is a plus.
- Python for tooling and analysis, e.g. NumPy and trimesh.
- Familiarity with infinitesimal motion analysis or rotational motions in assembly planning.
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
Benefits
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How we rate this
Winter 2027 Research Engineer Co-op at Anduril Industries rates 85 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Walk me through a computer vision problem you solved, from raw data to a deployed model.
- Tell me about a project where geometric algorithms was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where motion planning was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where parallel programming was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where cad was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Computer vision, Geometric Algorithms, Motion Planning, Parallel Programming, and Cad. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.
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