Senior Electrical Engineer, Spaceborne EO/IR Payloads

Anduril; Statesville (NC); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an Electrical Engineer for the Space Imaging team to define the electrical architecture of space-qualified EO/IR sensor payloads, including power distribution, harness interfaces, EMI protection, and high-speed communications.

You will prototype, test, and mature designs into flight hardware, collaborating with firmware, mechanical, optical, and systems engineers. US Person and ability to obtain Secret clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience designing power, interface, or mixed-signal electronics for space, airborne, or other harsh-environment defense systems.
• Experience designing isolated DC/DC power conversion, EMI filters, and transient/over-voltage protection circuits for low-voltage DC systems.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-464 EMI/EMC design and test methods.
• Experience with connector selection, pin/harness definition, and parts/wire derating analysis (e.g., MIL-HDBK-1547A).
• Strong hardware debugging skills using oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic/protocol analyzers.
• Proficiency with schematic capture/circuit simulation tools and worst-case derating analysis.
• US Person status is required; eligible to obtain active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Security clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Define electrical architecture for EO/IR sensor payload assemblies, including power distribution and interfaces.
• Design, analyze, and test isolated power conversion and EMI protection for low-voltage DC systems.
• Select connectors, define pin assignments, and establish shielding and bonding to meet EMI/EMC requirements.
• Design and support high-speed Ethernet (10GbE) and I/O interfaces between sensor electronics and host avionics.
• Support EMI/ESD qualification testing and radiation-tolerant component selection for space environments.
• Perform parts stress/derating analyses and assist with hybrid microelectronics selection.
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, optical, and systems engineers for bring-up and verification.

Skills

8+ years exp

Power electronics

EMI/EMC standards

Interface & harness

Hardware debugging

Circuit analysis tools

US Person

Security clearance

10GbE interfaces

GigE Vision

Hybrid packaging

PCB layout

Embedded Linux

Radiation-tolerant electronics

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Schematic capture tools

Circuit simulation tools

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking an Electrical Engineer for the Space Imaging team to define the electrical architecture of space-qualified EO/IR sensor payloads, including power distribution, harness interfaces, EMI protection, and high-speed communications.

You will prototype, test, and mature designs into flight hardware, collaborating with firmware, mechanical, optical, and systems engineers. US Person and ability to obtain Secret clearance are required.