Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer - Autonomous Systems

Anduril-1

Costa Mesa (CA)

On-site

USD 129,000 - 198,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Anduril Industries invites a Senior Hardware Engineer to join Thunder mission compute. Lead PCB design and bring-up for airborne and ground systems, coordinating with software and hardware teams to deliver flight-ready avionics.

Expect hands-on testing, debugging, and cross-discipline collaboration in a defense tech environment. The role emphasizes sophisticated electronics, CAN/I2C/SPI/PCIe interfaces, FPGA/MCU devices, and extensive lab work with test equipment, aiming to advance autonomous

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
5+ 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 interfaces such as CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB.

Responsibilities

Full cycle PCB design including requirements gathering, schematic, layout, bring-up, test, and integration.
Develop air and ground vehicle avionics systems (flight controls, sensors, payloads, networking).
Provide support and collaborate with other subsystems constraints.
Conduct peer reviews and design reviews.
Build and test avionics components through lab, ground, and flight tests.
Low-level firmware development for bring-up and test.
Root cause analysis for field operations.
Work across software and hardware teams.
Develop bring-up and validation test plans.