Space Imaging Electrical Engineer - High-Reliability Power

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will work with firmware, mechanical, optical, and systems engineers to bring designs to flight hardware, lead small teams when needed, and perform bring-up and verification testing using standard lab equipment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience designing power, interface, or mixed-signal electronics for space, airborne, or defense systems.
• Experience designing isolated DC/DC power conversion, EMI filters, and transient/over-voltage protection 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 (per MIL-HDBK-1547A).
• Strong hardware debugging skills using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic/protocol analyzers).
• Proficiency with schematic capture/circuit simulation tools and worst-case stress/derating analysis.
• US Person status required to access export controlled data.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Electrical Architecture: Define and own the electrical architecture for EO/IR sensor payload assemblies, including power distribution and interfaces.
• Power Electronics Design: Design, analyze, and test isolated power conversion, EMI filtering, inrush limiting, and protection circuitry.
• Interface & Harness Design: Select connectors, define pin assignments, perform derating analyses, and establish shielding and isolation schemes for EMI/EMC.
• Communication Interfaces: Design and support high-speed Ethernet (10GbE) and RS-422/I2C/SPI interfaces between sensor electronics and host avionics.
• EMC/ESD: Support EMI/EMC qualification testing and ESD protection design.
• Radiation Compliance: Radiation-tolerant component selection for space and tactical environments.
• Parts Stress & Reliability Analysis: Perform derating analyses and support hybrid microelectronics selection.
• Hardware/Software Integration: Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, optical, and systems engineers to integrate electrical designs into sensor payloads.
• Testing and Validation: Develop and execute test procedures using lab equipment to validate designs against requirements.

Skills

Electrical architecture

Power electronics

EMI/EMC design

Diagnostics

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Schematic capture tools

Circuit simulation tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic/protocol analyzers

Job description

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

You will work with firmware, mechanical, optical, and systems engineers to bring designs to flight hardware, lead small teams when needed, and perform bring-up and verification testing using standard lab equipment.