Missile/UAV Avionics Lead Electrical Engineer

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer based in Costa Mesa, CA to lead subsystems development for missiles and UAVs. The role focuses on power systems, battery tech, and avionics circuit designs from concept to production, with vendor management and reliability improvements.

You will drive electrical design, test, and integration while aligning with strategic business goals and product timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 5+ years in complex board design.
• Experience with lab test gear and automated test processes.
• Familiarity with interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end PCB design including schematic capture, layout, bring-up and integration.
• Develop air vehicle avionics systems like flight controls and power management.
• Create system interconnect diagrams and define wiring harnesses.
• Collaborate across subsystems and support vendor evaluations.
• Conduct design reviews and performance reliability analysis.
• Build and test avionics components in lab, ground, and flight tests.
• Develop low-level firmware for bring-up and verification.
• Support root-cause analysis during operations.

Skills

PCB Design

Power Systems

Avionics

Firmware

Test Equipment

Ethernet

CAN

I2C

SPI

PCIe

USB

MCU/CPU/FPGA

Signal Integrity

Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Eagle

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer based in Costa Mesa, CA to lead subsystems development for missiles and UAVs. The role focuses on power systems, battery tech, and avionics circuit designs from concept to production, with vendor management and reliability improvements.

You will drive electrical design, test, and integration while aligning with strategic business goals and product timelines.