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Winter 2027 Research Engineer Co-op

Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Heavy Metal - Engineering & Operations : Software Engineering
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Santa Ana, CAco-op/internshipPosted 4d ago

About the role

Internship focusing on profiling and optimizing a C++ computational geometry pipeline for disassembly planning of large 3D CAD assemblies in a production environment. Research-engineering flavor with measurable performance goals and direct collaboration with a named engineer.

Responsibilities

  • Profiling a C++ computational geometry pipeline on real assemblies and reporting where time and memory go
  • Designing and implementing algorithmic improvements to a disassembly sequence search: candidate ordering, pruning, memoization, and incremental graph updates
  • Decomposing large assemblies into subassemblies that can be solved independently
  • Parallelizing expensive geometric tests across cores without losing determinism
  • Building a benchmark corpus and harness that run in continuous integration and catch regressions
  • Gating every optimization on output equivalence against a reference set
  • Writing up results and presenting them to the engineering team

Qualifications

  • Must be pursuing master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Must be returning to school at the end of the internship 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 co-op in Santa Ana, CA, in winter 2027.

Skills

Required:C++ (modern, C++17 or later)Algorithms and data structuresComputational geometry
Nice to have:Profiling and optimizationCAD/assembly planning knowledgeParallel programmingBuild systems

Benefits

  • Benefits information available on Anduril careers page; comprehensive package for full-time employees mentioned in description (typical of Anduril offerings).
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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