Senior Hardware Test Engineer

Linuxconfig; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health insurance

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Hardware Test Engineer to design automated validation workflows for complex hardware/software systems in lab and pre-field environments. You will build end-to-end test coverage, develop Python/Bash/Robot Framework automation, and work across RF, networking, and system-control surfaces to ensure release readiness.

Join a team that partners with software, FPGA, DSP, and hardware engineers to reproduce issues, isolate failures, and improve confidence in deployments.

Qualifications

• Experience in automated test and validation using Python, Bash, Robot Framework or similar tools.
• Experience building CI/CD-backed regression systems using GitLab CI/CD or similar.
• Hands-on familiarity with RF and hardware test equipment (signal generators, analyzers, matrices, power systems).
• Ability to translate requirements into concrete test procedures, fixtures, coverage maps and pass/fail evidence.
• Proficiency with Linux systems, networking, infrastructure, and hardware interfaces for debugging.
• Strong defect-triage instincts to reproduce and isolate issues and communicate them clearly.
• Attention to detail in evidence capture, traceability, and release readiness.

Responsibilities

• Design test approaches, fixtures and automated validation workflows for hardware/software systems.
• Build coverage for functional validation, regression, qualification, and environmental readiness.
• Develop automation in Python, Bash, Robot Framework to configure systems and collect evidence.
• Operate RF test equipment, networking, infrastructure and system-control surfaces to validate end-to-end behavior.
• Collaborate with software, FPGA, DSP, hardware and systems engineers to reproduce issues and improve quality.
• Establish disciplined test plans, defect triage loops, and evidence packages for productization.

Skills

Automated testing

Python

Bash

Robot Framework

CI/CD

RF hardware testing

Defect triage

Linux networking

Release readiness

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

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.

The Team

Anduril Cyber is hiring a Hardware Test Engineer with strong test-design and automated-validation discipline across software, hardware, and RF lab environments. The role is for an engineer who can turn requirements into repeatable evidence, scale regression coverage, and improve confidence in increasingly complex integrated systems.

What You'll Do

• Design test approaches, fixtures/harnesses, and automated validation workflows that exercise hardware/software systems in lab and pre-field environments.
• Build requirement-traceable test coverage spanning functional validation, regression, qualification, and environmental test readiness.
• Develop Python, Bash, Robot Framework, or equivalent automation used to configure systems, drive equipment, collect evidence, and flag regressions.
• Operate across RF test equipment, networking, infrastructure, and system-control surfaces to validate integrated behavior end to end.
• Partner with software, FPGA, DSP, hardware, and systems engineers to reproduce issues, isolate failures, and improve release confidence.
• Help establish disciplined test plans, defect triage loops, and evidence packages that support productization and field readiness.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience in automated test and validation using Python, Bash, Robot Framework, or comparable tooling.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD-backed regression systems, preferably with GitLab CI/CD or similar platforms.
• Hands-on familiarity with RF and hardware test equipment such as signal generators, analyzers, switch matrices, power systems, or environmental chambers.
• Ability to translate requirements into concrete test procedures, fixture/harness designs, coverage maps, and objective pass/fail evidence.
• Comfort working across Linux systems, networking, infrastructure, and hardware interfaces while debugging integrated failures.
• Strong defect-triage instincts and the ability to reproduce, isolate, and clearly communicate technical issues.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail in evidence capture, traceability, and release readiness.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with qualification testing, environmental testing, or standards-driven validation in defense, aerospace, or similarly rigorous domains.
• Background leading or coordinating small validation teams and establishing scalable engineering workflows.
• Familiarity with lab automation that spans both software control and physical instrumentation.
• Experience supporting field events, acceptance testing, or high-visibility readiness reviews.
• Working knowledge of mixed hardware/software/RF systems beyond pure software test automation.

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:

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 .

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