Staff Electrical Engineer, Advanced Targeting System

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$132,000–$198,000 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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About Anduril Industries

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 · Staff Electrical Engineer, Advanced Targeting System

Staff Electrical Engineer, Advanced Targeting System joins the Warfighter Systems division to develop a soldier-portable, auto-aiming counter-UAS system. You will own the electrical architecture end-to-end, transitioning an existing prototype into a production-ready Weapon System design capable of manufacturing at scale. Key responsibilities include building a technical roadmap, leading a multidisciplinary engineering team, and driving the integration of electro-optical/IR sensors, power and compute boards, actuator drive electronics, and control systems. You must balance bandwidth, force, speed, and SWaP while ensuring ruggedization against shock, vibration, and thermal conditions. Required skills include expertise in actuator dynamics, closed-loop control systems, and sensor fusion. This role solves the critical problem of protecting warfighters from drone attacks by delivering a high-priority, portable targeting platform with integrated LIDAR ballistic calculators and onboard compute.

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What you'll do

  • Own the end-to-end electrical architecture for a soldier-portable, auto-aiming counter-UAS system.
  • Build a technical roadmap to transition a prototype into a production-ready weapon system.
  • Hire and lead a multidisciplinary engineering team to iterate on complex hardware systems.
  • Drive the design and integration of sensors, power boards, and actuator drive electronics.
  • Establish and execute test plans for electro-optical, actuator, and power subsystems.
  • Ruggedize and certify the integrated prototype against shock, vibration, and thermal conditions.
  • Transition the validated design into early production by collaborating with manufacturing and supply chain teams.
  • Communicate program status directly to executive and CEO-level stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • B.S. or higher in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
  • 8+ years of professional electrical engineering experience with a track record of design ownership on complex electromechanical systems.
  • Proven ability to lead and manage a multi-disciplinary engineering team to rapidly iterate and prototype hardware systems.
  • Demonstrated experience taking hardware from bench prototype through ruggedization to early manufacturing.
  • Familiarity with actuator dynamics, including bandwidth, force, and speed trade-offs, and associated drive electronics and control systems.
  • Breadth across EE subsystems, including electro-optical/IR sensors, power and compute board design, and closed-loop control systems.
  • Ability to author and execute pragmatic test plans and interpret results to deliver products on aggressive timelines.
  • U.S. Person status is required to access export-controlled data.

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