Senior Electrical Engineer

About the position

Anduril is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer based in Costa Mesa, CA to contribute and lead subsystems development for missiles and UAVs. Looking for a self-starter with deep technical experience in defense industry developments to apply these skills in power systems, communications systems, battery technology, and avionics circuit designs. This individual will be responsible for electrical design, test and integration, from concept to production, while ensuring alignment with strategic business goals. The engineer will also be involved in managing key vendor relationships, and ensuring performance and reliability in our cutting-edge technologies.

Responsibilities

• Full cycle PCB design including collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug and integration with the system.
• Development of air vehicle avionics systems (flight controls, sensors, payload interfaces, power management, and networking)
• Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment within the vehicle.
• Provide support and collaborate within other air vehicle subsystem development constraints
• Vendor surveys and evaluation to support sourcing for avionics system components.
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews
• Build up and test of avionics system components through lab, ground, and flight tests
• Low level firmware development for bring-up and test
• Root cause analysis in support of field operations

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 5+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs
• Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests.
• Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc.
• Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies.
• Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits.
• Comfortable with a variety of electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred, Eagle and others acceptable)
• Experience in design for signal integrity / power integrity
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160 and relevant avionics design standards for UAS
• Familiarity with aircraft avionics module vendors and avionics component suppliers from past experience in UAS programs

Benefits

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
• For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
• For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
• Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)