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Anduril Industries

Scaling fast

Defense and Space Manufacturing Orange, CA Watching 7,375 employees Updated as of Jul 18

The read

Anduril is absorbing executive engineering talent — including a Chief AI Engineer and a Chief Engineer dedicated to "Fury" production — while operations roles lead overall hiring (44 ops staff in the mix, growing function over 90 days). Two leadership exits to Rune Technologies (Head of SRE) and Valar Atomics (Director of Propulsion) suggest emerging defense-tech startups are pulling from Anduril's technical bench. Inbound talent flows from SpaceX (2 hires) and aerospace incumbents like Boeing, signaling Anduril is staffing up for scaled manufacturing and AI-driven systems.

+0.2% of staff
Net headcount · 90d: +19; mostly Engineering
New hires · 90d: 21; vs 21 hires
Departures · 90d: 2; quiet
Leadership moves · 90d: 0

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Hiring pace

New hires per month, last 12 months. 164 total hires.

0 joined
Sep 2025

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Dec 2025

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Jan 2026

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Feb 2026

9 joined
Mar 2026

25 joined
Apr 2026

109 joined
May 2026

21 joined
Jun 2026

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12 months agoLast month

Notable moves

Hires, exits and promotions over the last 90 days — by role and function.

6 people joined Engineering Aggregate
5 people joined Aggregate
4 people joined Aggregate
4 people joined Aggregate
2 people left Aggregate
1 person joined Aggregate

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Where they're growing

Net change by function, last 90 days.

Operations +5

+4

+1

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Talent flow

Which companies Anduril Industries hires from — and loses people to — over the last 90 days.

Recruiting from

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SpaceX+2

AAstrolab+1

AAutonomize AI+1

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BILL+1

BBoeing+1

CCareer Break+1

Departing to

RRune Technologies−1

VValar Atomics−1

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