Motor Controls Engineer – Hands-on Systems & Prototyping

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, California, is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our core product development team. You will work on optical systems, batteries, mechanisms, control systems, and sensors, with high ownership and collaboration across disciplines.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience, leadership ability, and a drive to work on cutting-edge autonomy, AI, and sensor fusion. Growth opportunities and challenging hardware demonstrations are available.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of electrical/design experience in a professional setting.
• Experience in PCB design and ECAD (Altium, KiCAD).
• Hands-on prototyping (soldering, board assembly, harnessing).
• Experience with 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.
• 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.

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.

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, California, is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our core product development team. You will work on optical systems, batteries, mechanisms, control systems, and sensors, with high ownership and collaboration across disciplines.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience, leadership ability, and a drive to work on cutting-edge autonomy, AI, and sensor fusion. Growth opportunities and challenging hardware demonstrations are available.