Product Support Engineer/Life Cycle Cost Analyst
Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 166,000-220,000 · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 19, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
- Salary
- USD 166,000-220,000 · Base salary
About the role
- As a Product Support Engineer at Anduril, you will be a critical individual contributor within our rapidly growing Maritime team.
- You will drive the development and implementation of comprehensive sustainment strategies for cutting-edge defense products, directly contributing to their operational readiness and longevity.
- You will own product support analysis and sustainment cost for a fleet of maritime autonomous vehicles.
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), ensuring they establish a central, up-to-date repository for all sustainment data
- Supply the support terms of the operational availability basis, meaning logistics delay and preventive maintenance time, alongside the reliability lead who owns the reliability allocations
- Build and maintain the life cycle cost estimate and the operating and support cost model, with sensitivity analysis and affordability reporting, and publish the estimate at program gates
- Perform product support analysis covering provisioning, manning, facilities, and support equipment
- Establish the data pipeline that converts reliability and maintenance data into cost projections
Requirements
- 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, principles, and concepts (e.g., maintenance planning, supply support, technical data management, support equipment, training, facilities)
- 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 a demonstrated ability to synthesize complex technical and quantitative data into clear, concise decision statements and actionable recommendations for diverse audiences
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred qualifications
- Hands-on proficiency with professional CAD software and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools for managing engineering data, changes, and configurations
- Proven track record of developing and delivering key customer-facing sustainment artifacts and contractual deliverables
- Prior hands-on experience with specific enterprise tools such as Siemens NX, Teamcenter (PLM), JIRA, or Oracle (ERP) or equivalent systems
- Direct experience with complex military systems, robotics, unmanned systems, or advanced defense technology products
- Understanding of the use of the Technical Data Package (drawings, parts lists, interface control documents, and electrical schematics)
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
- Willingness and ability to travel for on-site support, field deployments, and direct customer engagements as required
- Experience with DoD product support analysis or Integrated Product Support elements
Benefits
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next
- Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers
Skills
- CAD
- Siemens NX
- Teamcenter
- JIRA
- Oracle
