- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- IrvineCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
Full-time
Analytics Engineer, Sentry
Job description
We are building the future of situational awareness. Our Sentry platform integrates robotics, autonomy, hardware, and software to deliver mission-critical capabilities in defense and security, with an expanding footprint into commercial markets. Sentry Analytics is the technical build arm behind the Sentry business. We design and operate the data infrastructure, pipelines, dashboards, and analytical tooling that the product organization runs on. With a rapidly growing fleet and new product variants in development, we partner across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, operations, business development, and more to deliver cutting-edge systems at scale.
Job responsibilities
- Own the Manufacturing & Supply Chain analytics footprint end-to-end. Serve as the technical lead for data products supporting production planning, purchasing, inventory, capacity, quality, and supplier management.
- Build and maintain data pipelines and analytical systems. Design data workflows that ingest, transform, and model data from ERP, MRP, MES, PLM, inventory, and quality systems, ensuring data quality, freshness, and…
- Develop dashboards and analytics that shape production decisions. Create data products ranging from ad hoc analyses for rapid iteration to scalable dashboards and trackers that give leaders visibility into build…
- Own the full product lifecycle. Act as an architect, designer, and builder for your analytics tools → defining requirements, designing user experiences, building technical solutions, and iterating based on user…
- Bridge technical and operational needs. Partner closely with Demand & Supply Planning, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Quality Engineering, and Supply Chain to understand their data challenges and…
- Drive operational efficiency through data analysis. Perform quantitative analyses (inventory reconciliation, variance investigation, trend analysis, root-cause analysis, and demand/supply gap analysis) to identify…
- Enable smarter supply and production planning. Use data to sharpen safety stock, lead time, purchasing, and capacity models, and to give leadership a defensible view of what Sentry production can commit to.
- Iterate based on feedback and evolving requirements. Continuously improve data products by incorporating stakeholder feedback and adapting to changing operational needs as Sentry manufacturing scales.
Job requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering or related technical field
- 2+ years of experience in analytics, operations engineering, data engineering, or software engineering roles
- Experience building business-facing dashboards and visualizations using tools such as Palantir Foundry, Tableau, Looker, Power BI, Streamlit, or similar
- Proficient in at least one additional programming language such as Python, SQL, R, TypeScript or similar, for analysis, data visualization, and automation
- You thrive on untangling complex, messy problems and are energized by creating order from chaos in a rapidly evolving operational environment
- Track record of partnering directly with senior operational leaders and cross-functional teams (planners, buyers, engineers, quality, floor operators), translating business problems into technical solutions for…
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
- You can build full-stack solutions, including frontend development with React or similar frameworks when needed