Electrical Sustainment Engineer: Field Reliability

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking an Electrical Product Sustainment Engineer to keep production running post-field deployment. You will triage failures, drive root-cause investigations, and manage field data to assess population impact.

Collaboration with Quality, Supply Chain, and Production Operations ensures on-schedule builds and lasting design improvements. The role emphasizes solving hard problems quickly, turning production challenges into durable engineering solutions with

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Secret security clearance
• 1–3+ years of hardware product development, sustainment, or manufacturing engineering
• Experience with root cause analysis and structured problem-solving methods (8D, 5 Whys, fishbone, FMEA)
• Deep understanding of fabrication and assembly-level failure analysis methods (CT scan, X-ray, visual inspection, cross-sectioning, SEM)
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and apply design best practices
• Familiarity with Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB
• Proficiency with data analysis tools (Excel, SQL, Python, JMP)
• Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics
• Ability to determine work priorities based on management direction
• Experience cross-functionally with Quality, Supply Chain, and Production Operations in a manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

• Triage product failures from production and the field, prioritizing by severity and population impact
• Drive root cause investigations down to the electrical component and PCB fabrication level as needed, landing corrective actions as process or design updates
• Collect, manage, and analyze failure and field data to quantify population-level impact and trends
• Work cross-functionally with Quality, Supply Chain, and Production Operations to keep builds on plan
• Surface and escalation issues that threaten the build schedule, and drive them to resolution
• Implement design and process changes that improve yield, reliability, and manufacturability
• Evaluate supplier product change notifications (PCNs) and assess their impact to the production environment, partnering with the design team to update the design as needed
• Support production test, debug, and failure analysis at the board and system level
• Track and report on sustainment metrics, corrective action status, and open production issues
• Work in a fast-paced environment, having to juggle multiple concurrent projects and customers

Skills

Root cause analysis

Structured problem-solving

Electrical/electronic knowledge

Data analysis

Schematics interpretation

Cross-functional teamwork

PCB fabrication knowledge

Tools

Excel

SQL

Python

JMP

PCB inspection tools

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking an Electrical Product Sustainment Engineer to keep production running post-field deployment. You will triage failures, drive root-cause investigations, and manage field data to assess population impact.

Collaboration with Quality, Supply Chain, and Production Operations ensures on-schedule builds and lasting design improvements. The role emphasizes solving hard problems quickly, turning production challenges into durable engineering solutions with