Staff Electrical Engineer, Propulsion—Equity Eligible

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks an experienced Staff Electrical Engineer to develop propulsion-subsystem electronics from concept to production. You will design high‑density PCBs, optimize flight controllers, and manage vendor relationships while ensuring performance and reliability in extreme environments.

The role requires 10+ years in electronics design, strong Altium/LTSpice skills, and familiarity with CAN/I2C/SPI/Ethernet interfaces. Eligible for a U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and 10+ years of board design experience.
• Strong fundamentals in Analog, Digital, and Power Electronics.
• Familiarity with CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet interfaces and MCU/CPU architectures.
• Experience with Altium Designer for schematic/layout and LTSpice for simulation.
• Ability to bring up, test, debug, and integrate PCB designs in propulsion systems.

Responsibilities

• Full-cycle PCB design translating propulsion requirements into robust layouts.
• Design and optimize flight controller circuits, power distribution, motor controller, and actuator circuits.
• Conduct circuit simulations, WCA, thermal analysis, DFMEA, and derating for reliability.
• Lead board bring-ups, DVT, qualification, and functional testing.
• Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, software, QA, manufacturing, and systems teams; conduct peer reviews.

Skills

Analog & digital electronics

CAN I2C SPI Ethernet interfaces

Electrical engineering fundamentals

Education

BSEE

MSEE (preferred)

Tools

Altium Designer

LTSpice

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA seeks an experienced Staff Electrical Engineer to develop propulsion-subsystem electronics from concept to production. You will design high‑density PCBs, optimize flight controllers, and manage vendor relationships while ensuring performance and reliability in extreme environments.

The role requires 10+ years in electronics design, strong Altium/LTSpice skills, and familiarity with CAN/I2C/SPI/Ethernet interfaces. Eligible for a U.S.