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Product Support Engineer/Life Cycle Cost Analyst

Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Heavy Metal - Engineering & Operations : Systems Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$166k - $220kFull-timePosted 6d ago

About the role

Product Support Engineer focusing on sustainment and life cycle cost for a fleet of maritime autonomous vehicles within Anduril’s Maritime Division. Owns sustainment strategy, life cycle cost modeling, and provisioning data to enable operational readiness and cost-informed design decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain comprehensive, ground-up sustainment plans for the specific product(s) you support
  • Partner with customers, operations teams, and cross-functional engineering teams to define, implement, and continuously improve effective maintenance and repair strategies
  • Ensure the availability of up-to-date maintenance procedures, specialized tools, and accurate technical manuals to support field sustainment operations
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for all sustainment-related matters within your product team, proactively identifying and resolving issues
  • Collaborate with design and manufacturing engineering teams during new product development phases to integrate best sustainment practices and design-for-supportability concepts early in the process
  • Create and maintain a Service Bill of Materials (SBOM) and other critical sustainment artifacts (e.g., provisioning lists, support equipment lists)
  • Supply the support terms of the operational availability basis, alongside the reliability lead
  • Build and maintain the life cycle cost estimate and the operating and support cost model, with sensitivity analysis and affordability reporting
  • Build and own the life cycle cost model for the vehicle fleet and its support system
  • Perform product support analysis covering provisioning, manning, facilities, and support equipment
  • Produce operating and support (O&S) cost estimates and keep them current as the design matures
  • Run cost trade studies on sustainment approaches and feed results into design decisions
  • Develop spares and provisioning plans in partnership with RAM and Maintenance
  • Define the product support strategy and supporting elements of the logistics architecture
  • Produce cost and supportability analysis for customer deliverables and program reviews
  • Establish the data pipeline that converts reliability and maintenance data into cost projections

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Logistics, Economics, Finance, or equivalent
  • 5+ years of experience in product support, sustainment engineering, or systems engineering roles within a high-rigor environment (e.g., defense, aerospace, advanced robotics, complex industrial systems)
  • Demonstrated detailed and extensive technical expertise in applying mechanical or systems engineering principles to complex hardware systems
  • Experience building or maintaining a life cycle cost or operating and support (O&S) cost model and presenting its results to a program or customer audience
  • Direct experience with sustainment methodologies such as Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA), Level of Repair Analysis (LORA), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), or developing Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) plans
  • Foundational understanding and practical application of Integrated Product Support (IPS) elements
  • Familiarity with military standards, specifications, and regulatory compliance relevant to product support and sustainment activities
  • Proven ability to work effectively in dynamic, unstructured environments, adapt to rapidly changing priorities, and quickly learn and master new technologies and complex systems
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to synthesize complex technical and quantitative data into clear, concise decision statements
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Skills

Required:Sustainment planningLife cycle cost modelingMaintenance Task Analysis (MTA)IPS concepts
Nice to have:LORA/RCM/CLS

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package; top-tier benefits for full-time employees
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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