Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike

Anduril Industries

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Location
Costa Mesa, CA
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$146,000–$194,000 / yr
Posted
70 days ago
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Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

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TL;DR · Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike

The Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike joins the Air Dominance and Strike Electrical Engineering Team to develop high-reliability avionics, embedded processing, and power systems for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms. This role involves full-cycle PCB design, including schematic design, component selection, layout supervision, and system integration. You will conduct bring-up on microcontrollers, perform power design for management systems, and develop payloads involving sensors and networking. Key responsibilities include creating system interconnect diagrams, defining wire harnesses, and troubleshooting electrical and software boundaries. Required skills include proficiency with oscilloscopes, DMMs, and logic analyzers, alongside experience with CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, and RS485 interfaces. The work focuses on delivering flight-critical electronics and FPGA-based architectures for autonomous air platforms operating in complex and contested environments.

What you'll do

  • Execute full-cycle PCB design including requirements gathering, schematic design, component selection, layout supervision, and system integration.
  • Conduct bring-up and design work on microcontrollers to ensure seamless integration within the system.
  • Troubleshoot electrical and software boundary issues using oscilloscopes, DMMs, and software debugging tools.
  • Perform power design and integrate power management systems and components.
  • Develop payloads and subsystems including sensors, interfaces, and networking components.
  • Create system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses for electronic equipment.
  • Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews to ensure mission-critical product functionality.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
  • 8+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex system designs.
  • Experience designing mixed-signal PCBs with multiple layer counts, stackup, impedance matching, and proper grounding/filtering.
  • Experience with power design, power management systems, and electrical loading analysis.
  • Hands-on experience with microcontrollers, including bring-up and design work.
  • High competence using lab test equipment and familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces like CAN, I2C, and SPI.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance.
  • Familiarity with high-end consumer or military embedded systems design (preferred).

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