Electrical Engineer, Weapon Systems

Talanto; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril is a defense technology company advancing U.S. and allied military capabilities with state-of-the-art autonomy, AI, and sensor fusion. This role focuses on full cycle PCB design and fuzing system development for vehicle and missile applications, with collaboration across engineering teams and field testing.

The position requires a BS in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of relevant design experience, plus clearance eligibility and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of experience designing complex boards.
• Experience with test equipment and data acquisition for validation.
• Familiarity with Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, USB interfaces and MCU/FPGA devices.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret clearance and travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Full cycle PCB design from requirements through bring-up and testing.
• Develop fuzing circuitry for missile systems and document interfaces.
• Collaborate with vehicle teams to design and produce fuzing systems and interconnects.
• Create system interconnect diagrams and wire harness definitions.
• Provide support across other subsystems and conduct design reviews.
• Build and test components in lab, ground, and flight tests; perform root cause analysis.
• Perform low level firmware development for bring-up and testing.

Skills

PCB design

Firmware development

Signal integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Eagle

Job description

Full time · Costa Mesa, California, United States

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•••••••••••••••••• 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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Full cycle PCB design including collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug and integration with the system.
• Development of fuzing circuitry for missile systems.
• Closely collaborate with vehicle development teams to design, document, and produce tailored fuzing systems and effectors.
• Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment within the vehicle.
• Provide support and collaborate within other air vehicle subsystem development constraints.
• Vendor surveys and evaluation to support sourcing for system components.
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews.
• Build up and test system components through lab, ground, and flight tests.
• Low level firmware development for bring-up and test.
• Root cause analysis in support of field operations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BS or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 3+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs.
• Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests.
• Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc.
• Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies.
• Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits.
• Comfortable with a variety of electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred, Eagle and others acceptable)
• Experience in design for signal integrity / power integrity
• Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits.
• Test experience including data acquisition, data analysis, and project coordination.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Ability to travel as required for testing (surges up to 25%).
• Passion for defending the United States and her allies.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret or Top-Secret or DOE L or Q).
• 5-10 years’ work experience as an individual contributing engineer, focused on electrical design, analysis, and testing of fuzing and/or ordnance systems.
• Understanding of DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160 and relevant avionics design standards for UAS.
• Familiarity with electrical component suppliers.
• Experience in UAS, missiles, or maritime programs.
• Experience with the DoD Weapons Safety Boards.
• Experience designing and scaling production of components at volume.
• Experience developing or testing complex electrical systems.
• Experience with MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-2105.
• Experience with JOTP-052 and JOTP-054.
• Experience with explosive operations and/or handling munitions.

US Salary Range$129,000—$171,000 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 .