Senior Hardware Engineer - Mission Compute, Thunder

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries in California seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to lead full cycle PCB design for advanced avionics in Thunder. You will capture requirements, design schematics, select components, supervise layout, bring-up, and test integrated with the system. Role requires 5+ years in complex board designs, Altium proficiency, and hands-on testing with scopes and analyzers.

U.S. person status is required for access to export-controlled data, with a competitive benefits package and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent and 5+ years designing complex boards.
• Experience with test equipment and automated testing.
• Familiarity with CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe and USB interfaces.
• Familiarity with Ethernet/PCIe/HDMI buses and MCU/FPGA devices.
• Ability to design for signal and power integrity and CAD tools like Altium.
• U.S. Person status required for export-controlled data access.

Responsibilities

• Full cycle PCB design from requirements to layout, bring-up, test, and integration.
• Develop avionics systems including flight controls, sensors, and networking.
• Collaborate with other subsystems and perform design reviews.
• Build and test avionics components in lab, ground, and flight tests.
• Develop hardware bring-up and validation test plans.

Skills

PCB design

Tests & debugging

Oscilloscopes

CAN I2C SPI PCIe USB

Altium

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Thermal chambers

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.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Maneuver Dominance team is building Thunder - an autonomous attack rotorcraft built to fight alongside crewed combat aviation to deliver overwhelming mass effects deep beyond the front lines.

Autonomy is only as good as the link that carries it. Thunder is a compact airframe with weapons, sensors and radios competing for the same antenna real estate, flying low and in formation, in a spectrum that is actively contested. That is the problem you would own.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Full cycle PCB design including collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug and integration with the system.
• Development of air and ground vehicle avionics systems (flight controls, sensors, payloads, and networking)
• Provide support and collaborate within other air vehicle subsystem development constraints
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews
• Build up and test of avionics system components through lab, ground, and flight tests
• Low level firmware development for bring-up and test
• Root cause analysis in support of field operations
• Work cross-functionally between software and hardware teams
• Develop hardware bring-up and validation test plans, on bench top and on product

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 5+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs
• 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, PCIe, USB, etc.
• Familiarity with digital communication busses, such as Ethernet, PCIe, HDMI.
• Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies.
• Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits.
• Comfortable with a variety of electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred, others acceptable)
• Experience in design for signal integrity / power integrity
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience shipping products in volume
• Experience working on products for safety-critical applications, such as automotive, aviation, or
• Understanding of DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160 and relevant avionics design standards for UAS

US Salary Range

$129,000-$198,000 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.