Senior Space EO/IR Electrical Engineer

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

Job summary

Anduril Industries' Space Imaging team is seeking an Electrical Engineer to define electrical architecture for space-qualified EO/IR sensor payloads and lead hardware integration from concept to flight hardware.

You will collaborate with firmware, mechanical, optical, and systems engineers, design power distribution, EMI/EMC protection, and high-speed interfaces, and perform testing to mature designs for space and tactical environments.

Qualifications

• Education: A Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field is typically required.
• Experience: 8+ years of experience designing power, interface, or mixed‑signal electronics for space, airborne, or other harsh‑environment defense systems.
• Power Electronics & Circuit Design: Experience designing isolated DC/DC power conversion, EMI filters, and transient/over‑voltage protection circuits for low‑voltage DC systems.
• EMI/EMC Standards: Familiarity with MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-464 (or equivalent) EMI/EMC design and test methods.
• Interface/Harness Design: Experience with connector selection, pin/harness definition, and parts/wire derating analysis (e.g., per MIL-HDBK-1547A or equivalent).
• Debugging Skills: Strong hardware debugging skills using standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic/protocol analyzers).
• Analysis Tools: Proficiency with schematic capture/circuit simulation tools and worst‑case stress/derating analysis.

Responsibilities

• Electrical Architecture: Define and own the electrical architecture for EO/IR sensor payload assemblies, including power distribution, connector/harness interfaces, grounding/bonding schemes, and communication interfaces.
• Power Electronics Design: Design, analyze, and test isolated power conversion, EMI filtering, inrush current limiting, and over‑voltage/reverse-polarity protection circuitry for low-voltage DC payload power systems.
• Interface & Harness Design: Select connectors, define pin assignments, perform wire/cable and component derating analyses, and establish shielding, bonding, and isolation schemes to meet EMI/EMC requirements.
• Communication Interfaces: Design and support high-speed Ethernet (10GbE) and discrete I/O (RS-422, I2C, SPI) interfaces between sensor electronics and host avionics.
• EMC/ESD: Support EMI/EMC qualification testing (MIL-STD-461/464), and ESD protection design.
• Radiation Compliance: Radiation‑tolerant (TID/SEU) component selection for space and tactical environments.
• Parts Stress & Reliability Analysis: Perform EEE parts stress/derating analyses and support hybrid microelectronics selection to ensure reliable operation across mission life.
• Hardware/Software Integration: Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, optical, and systems engineers to integrate electrical designs into sensor payload assemblies, including bring‑up and verification testing.
• Testing and Validation: Develop and execute test procedures using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, network analyzers, EMI test gear) to validate designs against functional and performance requirements.

Skills

Power electronics

Electronics debugging

Signal integrity analysis

Schematic capture

Worst-case derating

High-speed interfaces

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Cadence

Job description

Anduril Industries' Space Imaging team is seeking an Electrical Engineer to define electrical architecture for space-qualified EO/IR sensor payloads and lead hardware integration from concept to flight hardware.

You will collaborate with firmware, mechanical, optical, and systems engineers, design power distribution, EMI/EMC protection, and high-speed interfaces, and perform testing to mature designs for space and tactical environments.