Staff Electrical Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Anduril Industries; United States; On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to join our AIS team in Reston, VA. You will own full-cycle PCB design, from requirements gathering and schematic design to layout bring-up, test, and system integration.

Qualified candidates have an active U.S. Secret clearance and 12+ years in hardware product development, with expertise in high-speed digital, RF, and precision analog designs, plus proficiency with Altium Designer.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Secret clearance is required.
• 12+ years of hardware product development experience.
• Full understanding of PCB layout techniques to meet mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing requirements.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and apply best practices.
• Familiarity with interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc.
• Knowledge of MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies.
• Ability to determine work priorities from management.
• Experience using Altium Designer or equivalent E-CAD tools.
• Excellent communication skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Design market-leading hardware products with a cross-functional team.
• Mature products through prototyping, verification, and qualification phases.
• Apply design standards for high-reliability, manufacturable assemblies.
• Implement high-speed digital, RF, and high-power designs.
• Lead internal guidelines for DFM and quality fabrication outputs.
• Conduct peer reviews across disciplines.
• Low-level firmware bring-up and testing.
• Root-cause analysis for production support.
• Balance multiple concurrent projects and customers.

Skills

Hardware design

Project prioritization

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Altium Designer

E-CAD tools

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

Anduril Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Staff Electrical Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Reston, VA. In this role, you will be responsible for 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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work with a cross-functional team to design market leading hardware products
• Drive product maturity through rapid prototyping, design verification, and qualification activities
• Apply modern design standards and guidelines to create high-reliability, highly manufacturable assemblies
• Implement combinations of high-speed digital, precision analog, RF, and high-power designs
• Lead the team in establishing internal guidelines for design for manufacturing (DFM) and quality fabrication and assembly outputs
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews
• Low level firmware development for bring-up and test
• Root cause analysis in support of production operations
• Work in a fast-paced environment, having to juggle multiple concurrent projects and customers

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• 12+ years of professional experience in hardware product development
• Full understanding of PCB Layout techniques to meet mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing requirements
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and apply best practices appropriate for each design
• 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
• Ability to determine work priorities based on broad direction from management
• Experience using Altium Designer or equivalent E-CAD tools
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with others
• Ability to work within our company and team culture

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Understanding of MIL-STD-810 and relevant military environmental qualification standards
• Understanding of MIL-STD-461 and relevant military electromagnetic compatibility standards

US Salary Range

$191,000—$253,000 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.

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By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk‑intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public‑record information, and other lawful open‑source or commercial data sources. This third‑party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.