System Architect, Space Electronics

Anduril Industries

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Location
Waltham, MA
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$147,000–$196,000 / yr
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11 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 · System Architect, Space Electronics

As a System Architect, Space Electronics, you will join the Imaging team to own the electronics architecture for space-bound imaging payloads. You will drive designs from initial concept through flight, defining electrical architectures and making critical build-versus-buy and COTS-versus-rad-hard tradeoffs. Your daily responsibilities include leading the design, layout, bring-up, and qualification of PCBAs for analog, mixed-signal, FPGAs, and power electronics. You will translate sensor performance models into electrical requirements while ensuring designs meet radiation, thermal, vacuum, vibration, and EMI/EMC standards. You must utilize skills in schematic capture, PCB layout, and bench testing with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. This role solves the technical challenge of delivering robust EO/IR sensing payloads to orbit within aggressive twelve-month timelines using a commercial-cadence engineering philosophy.

What you'll do

  • Own the electrical architecture for space-bound imaging payloads, including power, sensor, and interface electronics.
  • Lead the design, layout, bring-up, and qualification of PCBAs for EO/IR sensor systems.
  • Translate sensor performance models into electrical requirements while prioritizing the critical path.
  • Execute rapid design-build-test cycles to prototype and iterate on real hardware for flight readiness.
  • Design hardware for space environments, including radiation, thermal extremes, vacuum, and vibration.
  • Incorporate design for manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA) into initial schematics for production scaling.
  • Perform hands-on board bring-up, integration, and troubleshooting using standard bench equipment.
  • Mentor junior engineers and serve as the technical anchor for electronics design decisions.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in electrical engineering spanning system-level architecture, electronics design, and hands-on test.
  • A degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
  • Demonstrated ownership of electronics architecture for complex electromechanical or sensor systems.
  • Strong analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power electronics design experience with schematic capture and PCB layout proficiency.
  • Proven ability to take hardware from architecture through bring-up, integration, and qualification.
  • Experience delivering hardware on aggressive timelines and working in rapid, iterative design cycles.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
  • Direct experience designing electronics for space, especially New Space programs (preferred).

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