Senior Component Engineer – Defense Hardware & BOM Strategy

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Health & wellness programs

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking experienced embedded software engineers to build out the software ecosystem for a next-generation electronic warfare platform. You’ll develop high-performance numerical algorithms and collaborate with DSP/RF teams to deploy capabilities to customers, while integrating EW products with the Lattice system.

The role requires 5+ years in component engineering or related work in defense or aerospace, experience with qualification of sources, and eligibility

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or equivalent.
• 5+ years in component engineering or a related role supporting electronic and electromechanical hardware.
• Hands-on experience qualifying alternate/second sources for production hardware.
• Working knowledge of electrical and mechanical hardware.
• Experience with design engineers, sourcing, and suppliers.
• Experience with defense/aerospace or high-rigor environments.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own component qualification for new parts and sources across electrical and mechanical commodities.
• Define and execute qualification plans for production and deployed EW systems.
• Identify critical single-source components and drive second-source qualification.
• Perform form-fit-function analysis on alternates and present findings to change control board.
• Embed with EW design engineers from architecture through NPI and review schematics and BOMs for risk.
• Serve as the standing component resource for the design team and drive component reuse.
• Own the engineering-side response to obsolescence and monitor lifecycle.

Skills

Component engineering

Sourcing

RF/EM components

Supply chain

Defense industry

Security clearance eligibility

Education

EE degree

Job description

Anduril Industries in Irvine, CA is seeking experienced embedded software engineers to build out the software ecosystem for a next-generation electronic warfare platform. You’ll develop high-performance numerical algorithms and collaborate with DSP/RF teams to deploy capabilities to customers, while integrating EW products with the Lattice system.

The role requires 5+ years in component engineering or related work in defense or aerospace, experience with qualification of sources, and eligibility