Melia Amezquita

Melia Amezquita is a Manufacturing Engineer at Anduril Industries since August 2025, previously serving as a Manufacturing Engineer I at Rocket Lab, where responsibilities included being the Manufacturing Product Owner for the Rutherford Rocket Engine Fuel and Oxidizer Turbopumps. Amezquita gained valuable experience as a Tool Design Intern at the University of Southern California and worked as a Mechanical Engineering Intern at Honeybee Robotics, where project ownership included a prototype sampling system and contributions to the TRIDENT lunar ice drill project. Additional internships include R&D Engineering at Wallaby Medical and a store associate position at ALDI USA. Amezquita holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from USC Viterbi School of Engineering.