Senior Component Engineer – Defense EW & RF Hardware

Anduril-1; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is hiring an Embedded Software Engineer to build a software ecosystem for a next‑generation electronic warfare platform. You will develop high‑performance algorithms and work with DSP/RFML teams to enable RF hardware integration within the Lattice OS.

You will own qualification plans, identify critical single-source components, and collaborate with design engineers and suppliers to manage obsolescence while maintaining production readiness for mission‑critical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in EE/ME/Materials Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years in component engineering, parts engineering, or a materials and processes role supporting electronic and electromechanical hardware.
• Hands-on experience qualifying alternate and second sources for production hardware, including form-fit-function assessment.
• Experience with products used in demanding environments (defense, aerospace, or comparable high-rigor industry).
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own component qualification for new parts and new sources across electrical and mechanical commodities, including semiconductors, RF components, passives, connectors, PCB/PCBA, switches, fasteners and hardware, seals, adhesives and other materials.
• Define and execute qualification plans necessary to ensure compatibility and compliance for production and deployed EW systems.
• Proactively identify critical single-source components across active EW designs and drive second-source qualification before it becomes urgent, owning the technical trade, the test plan, and the qualification process.
• Perform form-fit-function analysis on candidate alternates and present findings to change control board for approval and implementation.
• Embed with EW design engineers from architecture through NPI, influencing component selection while designs are still open, and reviewing schematics and BOMs for parts that carry avoidable supply or reliability risk.
• Serve as the standing component resource for the design team, driving component commonality and reuse across EW programs and product configurations, reducing the number of unique parts engineering has to sustain.
• Own the engineering-side response to obsolescence: monitor lifecycle status across active BOMs, triage EOL and PCN notices, and drive the technical resolution.

Skills

Component engineering

Sourcing collaboration

Hardware qualification

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Materials Science

Job description

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is hiring an Embedded Software Engineer to build a software ecosystem for a next‑generation electronic warfare platform. You will develop high‑performance algorithms and work with DSP/RFML teams to enable RF hardware integration within the Lattice OS.

You will own qualification plans, identify critical single-source components, and collaborate with design engineers and suppliers to manage obsolescence while maintaining production readiness for mission‑critical