Senior Electrical Engineer - Safety-Critical Rocket Motors

Anduril-1

McHenry (MS)

On-site

USD 113,000 - 171,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming U.S. military capabilities with autonomous systems and AI. The Sr.

Electrical Engineer will design, develop, and install data-collection devices for solid rocket motor burn performance, including PCBs, firmware, and FPGA code. This hands-on role may oversee technicians during instrumentation installation and testing. You will work with safety-critical designs, configure data collection systems, and prepare technical

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Proven experience in safety-critical hardware design, incorporating multi-fault tolerance, arm/fire inhibits, safe bleed-down circuits, and inadvertent initiation mitigation.
Experience in high-voltage PCB layout and circuit design for motor initiation, including capacitor charging/discharge circuits, high peak-current switching, and creepage/clearance management
Experience with the design, development, and installation of sensors employed to collect data on system performance.
NI LabVIEW or NI DAQmx experience or familiar with other COTS data acquisition systems
Thorough understanding of signal conditioning for data acquisition, i.e. analog circuit design
Intimate knowledge of the analog to digital conversion process, i.e. digital circuit design
Understand Computer controlled data acquisition and able to develop computer applications for data collection.
Able to select the correct sensors and design the placement of them to acquire the needed solid rocket motor performance metrics.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and proficient with computer-aided design software.
Ability to write and understand Python
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

Collaborates with other engineers to develop accurate, efficient equipment and instrumentation in accordance with safety and usability standards and client expectations.
Collaborates with other electrical engineers to execute the safe arming and initiation of rocket motors under test.
Designs PCBA and electrical system components with hands on testing and rework as necessary
Creates detailed schematics and simulated models to test designs; optimizes designs for performance, reliability, and cost.
Oversees the implementation of new measuring devices and control systems, ensuring devices are correctly installed and properly tested.
Acts as project engineer for design, prototype fabrication, and manufacturing development.
Develops required cable drawings to interface to various low- and high-voltage systems
Drafts and presents formal technical documents, reports, and testing results to manager for approval.
Provides training related to devices to employees and/or customers.
Performs other duties as assigned.