Systems Test Engineer

$120,000 - $180,000/Yr

Anduril Industries - Costa Mesa, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Costa Mesa, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Systems Test Engineer at Anduril Industries is responsible for creating and maintaining test strategies and plans for various UAV and Ground Control products. This role involves conducting electrical compliance and robustness testing, designing integration test benches, and supporting both vehicle-level and component-level testing. The engineer will analyze failures, develop test standards, and support environmental reliability testing, ensuring that all systems meet the required specifications and standards.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain electrical system test strategy and test plans for UAV and Ground Control products.
• Conduct electrical compliance and robustness testing such as MIL-STD-704 and MIL-STD-461.
• Design and deploy electrical system integration test benches (Iron Bird/Copper Bird/Lab Car).
• Support on vehicle level to component level test requirement decomposition.
• Analyze and drive coverage and analysis of failures observed in integration and system level testing.
• Integration testing of electrical subsystems and functionality.
• Leverage data analysis and existing tools to reproduce and characterize failures.
• Develop and maintain test standards, design, and develop test equipment or procure and handle purchased test capital equipment to support test readiness.
• Support environmental reliability testing (HALT/HASS) efforts on PCBA and LRU level.
• Support validation of automated test systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics, Computer, Mechanical Engineering, or related fields.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience with emphasis on hardware validation and integration testing.
• Familiarity with hardware development life cycle, reliability, and compliance testing.
• General understanding of engineering concepts, principles, and theory with technical experience demonstrating the application of those concepts while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.
• Familiarity with Python and/or MATLAB for data parsing and data visualization.
• Familiarity with electronics test equipment such as power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscope, function generators, data acquisition and measurement sensors.
• Familiarity with environmental testing such as MIL-STD-704 and MIL-STD-461.
• Strong root cause analysis skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to travel to and work at remote sites supporting test integration, commissioning and training as required.
• Must be able to obtain a security clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Pursuing a Master's of Science or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with firmware integration, vehicle level validation and debugging.
• Demonstrated knowledge of regulatory compliance standards.

Benefits

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits (100% covered for employee, 90% for dependents).
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance (100% covered).
• Generous company holiday calendar and competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support including fertility and adoption coverage.
• Free mental health resources 24/7.
• Professional development stipend available.
• Daily meals and provisions in many offices.
• Company-funded commuter benefits based on region.
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan (traditional and Roth).