Senior Electrical Test Engineer-Defense PCBAs & Automation

Anduril; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Santa Ana, CA seeks an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer in Manufacturing to design and build complex test systems and PCBA platforms. You will collaborate with firmware teams to enable embedded Linux and RTOS platforms, while driving automation and data analytics for high-volume production.

You will lead circuit design, feasibility studies, and fixture development, ensuring high-quality test coverage and robust manufacturing readiness across products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience with emphasis on product designs that have gone to manufacturing.
• Experience with professional electronics design packages (Altium, Cadence, PADs) for schematic capture and layout.
• Expertise in PCBA design; ability to design and fabricate your own designs, or guide contract manufacturing resources.
• Familiarity with electronics test equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, data acquisition and measurement sensors.
• Familiar with Product Life Cycle (PLM) systems and releasing designs for production.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Build circuits and schematics for test automation platforms.
• Integrate designs into Anduril’s PDM systems and product release processes.
• Design and source PCB assemblies from FPGA to MCU interfaces and harnesses.
• Architect and source test fixtures using data acquisition equipment.
• Develop internal library for test circuits and data acquisition, applying DFM/DFT.
• Bring up, debug, and characterize circuits and interfaces (I2C, SPI, CAN, RF, USB).

Skills

Electrical design

PCB design

Schematic capture

DFM/DFT

Testing experience

Altium/Cadence/PADs

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence

PADs

PLM systems

Job description

Anduril Industries in Santa Ana, CA seeks an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer in Manufacturing to design and build complex test systems and PCBA platforms. You will collaborate with firmware teams to enable embedded Linux and RTOS platforms, while driving automation and data analytics for high-volume production.

You will lead circuit design, feasibility studies, and fixture development, ensuring high-quality test coverage and robust manufacturing readiness across products.