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Anduril

Builds autonomous weapons for the US and allies

Senior 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.
  • At least 8 years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex printed circuit board designs, with depth in at least one defense- or aerospace-hardware domain.
  • Deep expertise in analog, digital, and power electronics, with a track record of delivering hardware in challenging environments.
  • Expert proficiency with electronic computer-aided design tools; Altium Designer is strongly preferred.
  • Proficiency with circuit simulation tools such as LTSpice or equivalent, and experience applying simulation to validate designs before hardware build.
  • Competence with laboratory test equipment and test automation, and experience designing or directing structured design verification testing and qualification campaigns.
  • Familiarity with standard interfaces including Controller Area Network, Inter-Integrated Circuit, Serial Peripheral Interface, Ethernet, Universal Serial Bus, and Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, and experience with microcontroller-, central processing unit-, and field-programmable gate array-based architectures.
  • Experience designing for signal integrity and power integrity in high-reliability environments.
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle printed circuit board design for high-reliability defense hardware, from requirements capture and schematic design through component selection, layout, bring-up, testing, debugging, and system integration, while setting the team's technical execution standard.
  • Architect and optimize circuit solutions for safety-critical aerospace and defense applications, including power electronics, motor and actuator drivers, digital control systems, fuzing circuitry, or vehicle interconnect, depending on program focus.
  • Drive design analysis across programs, including worst-case analysis, thermal analysis, design failure mode and effects analysis, component derating, and signal and power integrity analysis, to ensure reliability in extreme vibration and temperature environments.
  • Define test strategies and lead design verification, qualification, and functional testing from board bring-up through ground and flight testing.
  • Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses, considering integration complexity and scalability across vehicle variants.
  • Serve as a technical authority across mechanical, thermal, software, systems, quality, and manufacturing teams, driving alignment on cross-discipline tradeoffs throughout development.
  • Lead and facilitate peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews, providing substantive technical feedback that shapes design decisions.
  • Lead root-cause and failure analysis in support of ground testing and field operations, and drive corrective action across teams.
  • Define vendor evaluation criteria and lead sourcing decisions for critical electrical components and subsystems.
  • Mentor and technically guide junior and mid-level engineers on design methodology, analysis rigor, and test approach.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • At least 8 years of experience in defense, aerospace, unmanned aircraft systems, missile, or maritime hardware development.
  • Experience with propulsion electronics, including motor controllers, power distribution or conversion, flight controller circuits, or electromagnetic actuators.
  • Experience with fuzing, ordnance, or other safety-critical weapon systems electronics.
  • Familiarity with MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-2105, or Department of Defense Weapons Safety Board processes.
  • Experience with MATLAB/Simulink for control-loop modeling or system simulation.
  • Familiarity with avionics design standards DO-254, DO-178C, and DO-160.
  • Experience scaling electronics designs to production volume, including design for manufacturing and design for test considerations.
  • A track record of mentoring engineers and shaping technical practices at the team or program level.

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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