# Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Applied Intelligence) Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-machine-learning-engineer-applied-intelligence-anduril-industries-5ab56fe5 Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Applied Intelligence) at Anduril Industries, an on-site role based in Santa Ana, California, USA. Experience level: 6+ Years. Posted on 10 November 2026, read from Anduril Industries' own careers page (Greenhouse), which RealAnalystJobs re-checks daily and removes the role when it closes. Anduril Industries has approved H-1B petitions on USCIS record (employer-wide, not a promise for this role). Updated 15 November 2026. ## Key facts - Company: [Anduril Industries](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/anduril-industries) - Location: Santa Ana, California, USA - Work mode: On-site - Posted: Nov 10, 2026 - Employment type: Full time - Experience level: 6+ Years - Source: Anduril Industries' careers page (Greenhouse), re-checked daily Skills: [Python](https://realanalystjobs.com/skills/python), Airflow ## Visa sponsorship The posting does not say. Anduril Industries had H-1B petitions approved for 1 worker in FY2023 to FY2026 (USCIS). That is history, not a promise for this role. [See the record](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/anduril-industries#h1b-record) ## About this role 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 TEAM Maritime Digital Production (MDP) is the software and digital systems function within Anduril's Heavy Metal division. We build and deploy the full technology stack that powers Anduril's shipbuilding factories: the data infrastructure that makes every machine and sensor visible in real time, the manufacturing execution system (ArsenalOS) that workers and planners use every shift, the scheduling engine that replans production in minutes instead of days, and the AI systems that eliminate manual toil from both the shop floor and business operations. MDP operates at the boundary between Operational Technology and Information Technology. Our systems live where factory-floor machines, edge compute, and OT networks meet enterprise platforms and cloud infrastructure. We incubate solutions close to the production line, validate them with real operators building real hardware, harden them for reliability and security, and then scale them across multiple sites. The environment is fast, physical, and consequential. When our systems go down, production stops. The output of our work is not a dashboard: it is a ship. This is not a support function. It is a strategic investment by Anduril in the premise that digitizing the manufacturing lifecycle end-to-end, from engineering definition through scheduling through execution through field feedback, is how Heavy Metal will out-build, out-adapt, and out-scale the traditional defense industrial base. MDP is scaling from a founding team to 70+ engineers across multiple U.S. sites. You will be joining early, working on hard problems with real operational stakes, and shaping how manufacturing software is built at Anduril from the ground up. ABOUT THE JOB As a Machine Learning Engineer on the Applied Intelligence initiative, you will be the critical bridge between ML research and production operations. You will own the infrastructure that brings ML prototypes from concept to reliable, production-grade systems running on factory floors and serving manufacturing teams. Working at the intersection of data engineering, MLOps, and production operations, you'll execute the vision of ML engineers by building robust datasets, training infrastructure, and inference systems that operate reliably in both cloud and on-premises OT environments. This role requires someone who can translate ML requirements into production infrastructure, coordinate across teams (data engineering, Big Anduril, manufacturing operations), and serve as the on-call owner for deployed ML systems. You'll be responsible for ensuring that AI applications don't just work in demos - they work 24/7 in real manufacturing environments where downtime has real consequences. WHAT YOU'LL DO Infrastructure Ownership & Production Operations • Own production hardening and deployment of ML prototype applications, transforming research concepts into reliable, maintainable production systems • Take part in on-call rotations for deployed ML products running on factory floors and serving Mantech, ensuring high availability and rapid incident response • Build and maintain inference infrastructure across cloud environments and on-premises OT hardware deployed on the factory floor • Deploy and operate ML systems in factory environments, including edge compute clusters and OT networks, with a focus on reliability and observability • Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and drift detection systems to maintain operational SLOs for production ML applications • Define and execute rollback procedures, validation gates, and safety reviews for AI systems in production Cross-Functional Coordination & Requirements Translation • Interface directly with the data engineering team to define and deliver ML-specific data infrastructure needs for Applied Intelligence • Coordinate with Anduril enterprise teams to secure compute resources, labeling infrastructure, data access, and modeling capabilities needed for ML initiatives • Execute the technical vision of ML engineers by translating their requirements into concrete infrastructure for datasets, training pipelines, and inference systems • Partner with manufacturing engineers and factory operators to understand production workflows and translate them into MLOps requirements • Drive make/buy decisions by evaluating internal and vendor capabilities against Applied Intelligence needs Platform & Infrastructure Development • Architect and own the end-to-end ML platform stack - from data ingestion and labeling through training orchestration to model serving and lifecycle management • Build model-serving and inference frameworks optimized for production environments, supporting real-time and batch execution across cloud, edge, and shop-floor systems • Implement event-driven data pipelines and telemetry systems that feed models with contextualized, real-time signals from factory sensors and production systems • Select, prioritize, and standardize MLOps components including feature stores, vector databases, model registries, orchestration layers, and observability systems • Design training infrastructure that enables ML engineers to iterate quickly while maintaining reproducibility and governance Data & Model Lifecycle Management • Own datas Description from Anduril Industries' public careers feed, reproduced so you can read the role here. 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