Electrical Design Engineer, Hypersonic, Air Dominance and Strike

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks a mid-to-senior Electrical Engineer to drive end-to-end avionics hardware development for hypersonic and high-speed vehicles. You will own electrical subsystems from architecture and schematic capture through board bring-up, DVT, and vehicle integration, working in a fast-paced hardware environment.

A strong foundation in power electronics, EE fundamentals, and hands-on lab skills is required, with DoD clearance or eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering with 4+ years of hands-on circuit design and system integration.
• Strong EE fundamentals in analog/digital design, troubleshooting, and component selection.
• Experience designing power systems, DC-DC converters, regulators, and power management.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end avionics hardware development for hypersonic/high-speed vehicles.
• Lead architecture, schematic capture, bring-up, DVT, and vehicle integration.

Skills

EE fundamentals

Power electronics

PCB design

Lab & test

Interfaces (CAN, SPI, I2C, Ethernet,RS

System integration

Clearance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a mid-to-senior Electrical Engineer to join our team in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for end-to-end avionics hardware development supporting advanced hypersonic and high-speed vehicles. You will own critical electrical subsystems from architecture and schematic capture through board bring-up, Design Verification Testing (DVT), and vehicle-level integration.

This role requires a strong grounding in electrical engineering fundamentals, deep experience in power electronics, and a desire to work in a fast-paced hardware development environment where you make real flight hardware move quickly.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (or related discipline) with 4+ years of hands-on experience in board-level circuit design, analysis, and system integration.
• Strong EE Fundamentals: Demonstrated expertise in analog and digital circuit design, component selection, tolerance analysis, and root-cause troubleshooting.
• Power Electronics Experience: Proven experience designing power systems, DC-DC converters, switching power supplies, voltage regulators, and power management circuits.
• PCB Design Lifecycle: Direct experience designing multi-layer, mixed-signal PCBs (schematic capture, component placement, stackup design, impedance control, grounding, and design for EMC/EMI).
• Hands-on Lab & Test Skills: High competence using standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, electronic loads, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers) for hands-on board bring-up, debugging, and Design Verification Testing (DVT).
• System Interfaces & Bus Architectures: Familiarity with common interfaces (CAN, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, RS-422/485, UART).
• System Integration: Ability to take a design past the bench and support its integration into larger vehicle electromechanical assemblies and harness interconnects.
• Clearance: Must be a U.S. Person with an active U.S. DoD Secret clearance (or eligibility to rapidly reactivate a clearance held within the last 24 months).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance.
• Experience designing electronics for space, missile, or hypersonic environments (accounting for extreme vibration, thermal vacuum, and radiation-tolerant/rad-hard considerations).
• Experience with ECAD design tools such as Altium Designer .
• Experience designing high-reliability hardware in fast-iterating environments (e.g., new-space, aerospace startups, or fast-paced defense programs).
• Understanding of battery management systems (BMS), high/low voltage power distribution, and actuator/motor drive electronics.

US Salary Range

$146,000 - $194,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.