Maritime Energy Systems Lead

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an Energy Subsystem Lead for a maritime autonomous vehicle program. You will own energy storage, distribution, regulation, and external charging from concept through production, reporting to the Vehicle Systems Lead.

The role emphasizes maximizing endurance, safe power delivery, and cross‑functional leadership across engineering teams, with travel up to 25% and a path from prototype to FRP through LRIP phases.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in energy or power systems for marine, aerospace, or robotic platforms.
• Experience taking energy systems through full product development cycles.
• Battery systems, power electronics, or energy management experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the Energy subsystem architecture including storage, distribution, management, regulation, and external charging.
• Drive design and development of energy storage systems for ultra-long-range autonomous operation.
• Drive power distribution and bus architecture across the vehicle.
• Own energy regulation systems ensuring safe and efficient power delivery to all subsystems.
• Design external charging interfaces and solutions for rapid turnaround.
• Manage energy budget and power allocation across all consuming subsystems.
• Define electrical interfaces between energy subsystem and other vehicle systems.
• Manage subsystem schedule and cost performance across prototype, LRIP, and FRP phases.
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers across energy disciplines.
• Drive design-for-manufacturability in coordination with Production.
• Represent the energy subsystem in technical and customer meetings.
• Interface with Vehicle Systems Lead and Chief Engineer on technical decisions.
• Travel up to 25% to test sites and customer locations.

Skills

Energy systems

Battery systems

Power electronics

Energy management

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Energy Engineering, or equivalent

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an Energy Subsystem Lead for a maritime autonomous vehicle program. You will own energy storage, distribution, regulation, and external charging from concept through production, reporting to the Vehicle Systems Lead.

The role emphasizes maximizing endurance, safe power delivery, and cross‑functional leadership across engineering teams, with travel up to 25% and a path from prototype to FRP through LRIP phases.