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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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The Staff RF Engineer joins the Air Defense team to develop networked sensors and effectors designed to detect, track, and defeat UAS threats. This role involves architecting, designing, and testing communications networks across various platforms, with a specific focus on Command and Control systems. You will design wireless tactical networking equipment, topologies, and datalinks while leading the electrical integration of communications systems, avionics, and payloads into UAVs and ground vehicles. Key technical requirements include expertise in RF circuit design, propagation, link budgets, and digital communications like FEC and spread spectrum. You will utilize tools such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes, while applying knowledge of MIL-STD-461/464 and EMI/EMC. Proficiency in Python for test automation and data analysis is also required to support high-reliability system development.
Architect, design, integrate, and test communications networks across various platforms with a focus on C2 systems.
Design, configure, simulate, and evaluate wireless tactical networking equipment, topologies, systems, and datalinks.
Architect waveforms and systems to connect autonomous and human-operated systems.
Lead electrical integration of communications systems, avionics modules, and payloads into UAVs and weapons systems.
Represent communications sub-systems in cross-disciplinary trade-off studies to optimize vehicle and system designs.
Support functional engineering teams by providing expertise on wireless networks, system impacts, and technical trades.
Troubleshoot radios on vehicles or platforms and manage EMI/EMC system-level integration issues.
Develop test cases and suites for hardware evaluation using RF test equipment and Python automation.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (Master’s preferred).
10+ years of experience with communication systems architecture and design for high reliability, resiliency, redundancy, and fault tolerance.
Understanding of RF circuit design, including noise figure analysis, frequency synthesis, modulation, AGC, antenna matching, power amplifier biasing, and filtering.
Strong grasp of RF propagation, link budgets, and digital communications including modulation, FEC, spread spectrum, and multiple access.
Hands-on experience integrating and troubleshooting radios on vehicles or platforms.
Working knowledge of EMI/EMC and system-level integration issues (MIL-STD-461/464).
Proficiency with RF test equipment (VNA, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope) and test automation.
Able to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
RF Circuit Design
Antenna Systems
RF Simulation
HFSS
CST
Python
C#
LabVIEW
Spectrum Analyzer
Signal Generator
Oscilloscope
Over-the-Air (OTA) Testing
EMC
FCC
ISED
ETSI
Bluetooth SIG
Matching Networks
RF Systems
RF Circuit Design
Electromagnetics
Impedance Matching
Transmission Line Theory
High-Frequency Power Delivery
Advanced Design System (ADS)
CST Studio Suite
SPICE
MATLAB
Python
Plasma Processing
PECVD
CVD
Etch
EPI
Circuit Analysis
EM Modeling