Senior Electrical Engineer (Sensor Systems)

Telemetry Today LLC; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in the United States is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to design, test, and validate proximity sensors for autonomous vehicles. You will handle vehicle-level integration, full cycle PCB design, and system interconnects from concept through production.

Lead hardware development with EMI, sensors, and power electronics experience; familiarity with CAN/I2C/SPI and Altium is preferred. U.S. security clearance eligibility is required; salary range is listed above.

Qualifications

• BS/MS or higher in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong background in circuit design and mixed-signal design.
• Experience with sensor design, build, test, integration.
• Design experience in UAS, power electronics, converter design, or powertrain.
• Familiarity with test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current probes).
• Familiarity with CAN, I2C, SPI interfaces.
• Experience with EMI testing.
• Eligible for U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, test, and validation of proximity sensors for autonomous vehicles.
• Vehicle-level integrations and lifecycle design from concept through production.
• Full cycle PCB design from requirements to layout, bring-up, and integration.
• Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses.
• Collaborate with other subsystems and vendors for components sourcing.
• Conduct design reviews and test builds.

Skills

Circuit design

Sensor design

UAS hardware

Power electronics

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Design, test, and validation of proximity sensors for our autonomous vehicles.
• Vehicle-level integrations and complete lifecycle design from concept through production.
• Full cycle PCB design including establishing or collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug and integration with the system.
• Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment.
• Provide support and collaborate within other air vehicle subsystem development constraints.
• Vendor surveys and evaluation to support sourcing for system components.
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews
• Build up and test of engine system components through lab, ground, and flight tests
• Root cause analysis in support of field operations

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BS/MS or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 7+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs.
• Strong background in circuit design, including components, and mixed-signals design.
• Experience with sensor design, build, test, and integration.
• Design experience in UAS, power electronics, converter design, or powertrain.
• Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests.
• Familiarity with standard interfaces such as CAN, I2C, SPI, etc.
• Comfortable with a variety of electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred, Eagle and others acceptable)
• Experience in EMI testing.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Performed environmental testing in previous positions for military and/or commercial industry.
• Previous experience designing and testing height of burst sensors for ordnance fuzing applications.
• Previous experience designing and testing ordnance fuzing systems.
• Experience in UAS, missiles, or maritime programs.
• Experience with the DoD Weapons Safety Boards.
• Experience designing and scaling production of components at volume.
• Experience developing or testing complex electrical systems.
• Experience with MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-2105.
• Experience with JOTP-052 and JOTP-054.
• Experience with explosive operations and/or handling munitions.

US Salary Range

$146,000 — $194,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

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