Sr. Electrical Engineer

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer based in Costa Mesa, CA to lead subsystems development for missiles and UAVs. The role focuses on power systems, battery tech, and avionics circuit designs from concept to production, with vendor management and reliability improvements.

You will drive electrical design, test, and integration while aligning with strategic business goals and product timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 5+ years in complex board design.
• Experience with lab test gear and automated test processes.
• Familiarity with interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end PCB design including schematic capture, layout, bring-up and integration.
• Develop air vehicle avionics systems like flight controls and power management.
• Create system interconnect diagrams and define wiring harnesses.
• Collaborate across subsystems and support vendor evaluations.
• Conduct design reviews and performance reliability analysis.
• Build and test avionics components in lab, ground, and flight tests.
• Develop low-level firmware for bring-up and verification.
• Support root-cause analysis during operations.

Skills

PCB Design

Power Systems

Avionics

Firmware

Test Equipment

Ethernet

CAN

I2C

SPI

PCIe

USB

MCU/CPU/FPGA

Signal Integrity

Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Eagle

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 JOB

Anduril is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer based in Costa Mesa, CA to contribute and lead subsystems development for missiles and UAVs. Looking for a self-starter with deep technical experience in defense industry developments to apply these skills in power systems, communications systems, battery technology, and avionics circuit designs. This individual will be responsible for electrical design, test and integration, from concept to production, while ensuring alignment with strategic business goals. The engineer will also be involved in managing key vendor relationships, and ensuring performance and reliability in our cutting-edge technologies.

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 vehicle avionics systems (flight controls, sensors, payload interfaces, power management, and networking)
• Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment within the vehicle.
• Provide support and collaborate within other air vehicle subsystem development constraints
• Vendor surveys and evaluation to support sourcing for avionics system components.
• 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

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 Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc.
• 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, Eagle and others acceptable)
• Experience in design for signal integrity / power integrity
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Understanding of DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160 and relevant avionics design standards for UAS
• Familiarity with aircraft avionics module vendors and avionics component suppliers from past experience in UAS programs

US Salary Range

$142,000 - $213,000 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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