Electrical Engineer - Motor Controls & Prototyping

Anduril-1; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our core product development team for complex systems including optical systems, batteries, mechanisms, control systems, and sensors. You will own design efforts with high autonomy and collaborate across disciplines to push hardware from concept to production.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of electrical/design experience, a BS/MS/PhD in engineering or equivalent, and familiarity with ECAD tools like Altium or

Qualifications

• BS, MS or PhD in an engineering field, or equivalent work experience.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
• Experience with PCB design and ECAD (Altium, KiCad)
• Hands-on prototyping (soldering, board assembly, harnessing)
• Experience in controls/actuation, robotics, and/or motor/servo drive systems
• Familiarity with microcontrollers, power conversion and system integration
• Ability to read, interpret, and manipulate schematics, wiring diagrams, and layouts.

Responsibilities

• Execute rapid evaluation of engineering concepts in a wide range of fields
• Identify partners in industry to engage with, and manage early vendor relationships
• Perform trade studies and physics-based analysis of blue-sky engineering problems
• Manage internal and external market research and comparisons
• Design, implementation, and test of complex electro-mechanical systems
• High level system ownership with large levels of professional autonomy
• Lead design reviews, run analysis, visit vendors, define and execute hardware test plans
• Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
• Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
• Travel to test sites as needed
• Use first principles physics as a basis for every decision
• Wear many hats

Skills

Electrical design

PCB design

Soldering

Microcontrollers

Schematics

Testing

Education

BS/MS/PhD in engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our core product development team for complex systems including optical systems, batteries, mechanisms, control systems, and sensors. You will own design efforts with high autonomy and collaborate across disciplines to push hardware from concept to production.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of electrical/design experience, a BS/MS/PhD in engineering or equivalent, and familiarity with ECAD tools like Altium or