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Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Electrical Engineer - Hardware Platform

Board & Electronics DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCosta Mesa, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent is required.
  • At least 2 years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex printed circuit board designs is required.
  • Foundational understanding of analog, digital, and power electronics is required.
  • Working proficiency with electronic computer-aided design tools is required; Altium Designer is strongly preferred.
  • Familiarity with circuit simulation tools such as LTSpice or equivalent is required.
  • Competence with standard laboratory test equipment, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, digital multimeters, and basic test automation, is required.
  • Familiarity with standard interfaces including CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, USB, and common microcontroller/CPU architectures is required.
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to full-cycle printed circuit board design for high-reliability defense hardware, including schematic capture, component selection, layout, bring-up, testing, debugging, and system integration, with guidance from senior engineers.
  • Support the design and development of circuits for safety-critical aerospace and defense applications, including power electronics, motor/actuator drivers, digital control systems, fuzing circuitry, or vehicle interconnect, depending on program focus.
  • Perform design analysis tasks, including worst-case analysis, thermal analysis, design failure mode and effects analysis, and component derating under the direction of senior staff.
  • Execute board bring-ups and support design verification testing, qualification testing, and functional testing through ground and flight test.
  • Develop system interconnect diagrams and support wire harness definition for integration within the vehicle.
  • Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, software, systems, quality, and manufacturing teams across the development lifecycle.
  • Participate in peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews.
  • Support root cause and failure analysis in response to ground test and field operations findings.
  • Assist with vendor surveys and component evaluation to support sourcing decisions.

Desired Qualifications

  • An active Department of Defense Secret clearance or eligibility in process is preferred.
  • A master's degree in Electrical Engineering is preferred.
  • Experience in defense, aerospace, unmanned aerial systems, missile, or maritime hardware development is preferred.
  • Exposure to propulsion electronics, fuzing systems, or other safety-critical hardware is preferred.
  • Experience designing for signal integrity or power integrity is preferred.
  • Familiarity with MIL-STD standards or avionics design standards such as DO-254 and DO-160 is preferred.
  • Experience with MATLAB/Simulink for data analysis or system simulation is preferred.

About the Company

Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Anduril builds autonomous weapons, such as drones, cruise missiles, and robot submarines, for the US military and its allies, often developing them with its own money before any order arrives. In 2024 it beat Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for an Air Force contract to develop Fury, a pilotless jet that flies alongside crewed fighters. Its Lattice software merges camera and radar feeds into one live map and lets a few operators direct many drones and weapons at once, including other companies' systems. Governments buy its systems under contract, and Anduril builds much of the hardware in its own factories. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey co-founded Anduril in 2017, and it is based in Costa Mesa, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Private
Total funding
$11.5B
Headquarters
Costa Mesa, CA
Founded
2017

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