Senior Electrical Engineer (Sensor Systems)

Talanto; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer (Sensor Systems) in Costa Mesa, CA to lead sensor design for autonomous vehicles and defense platforms.

You will own full lifecycle PCB design, from requirements and schematic design to layout, bring‑up, and system integration, while collaborating across subsystems and performing reviews with vendors and teams.

Qualifications

• BS/MS or higher in Electrical Engineering with 7+ years designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex boards.
• Strong background in circuit design, including components and mixed-signal design.
• Experience with sensor design, build, test, and integration.
• Design experience in UAS, power electronics, converter design, or powertrain.
• Competence with test equipment and automation of tests.
• Familiarity with CAN, I2C, SPI interfaces.
• Experience with EMI testing.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, test, and validation of proximity sensors for autonomous vehicles.
• Vehicle-level integrations and complete lifecycle design from concept through production.
• Full cycle PCB design including requirements gathering, schematic design, layout, bring-up, and integration.
• Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses.
• Provide support and collaboration 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.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Sensor design

Circuit design

UAS experience

Power electronics

EMI testing

CAN/I2C/SPI

Altium CAD

Security clearance eligibility

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Thermal chambers

PCB layout (Altium)

Job description

Senior Electrical Engineer (Sensor Systems)

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•••••••••••••••••• 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:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .