Staff Electrical Engineer (Weapons Systems)

Anduril-1; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company leveraging advanced autonomy, AI, and sensor fusion to transform military capabilities. The Staff Electrical Engineer (Weapons Systems) will lead full-cycle PCB design, develop fuzing circuitry for missile systems, and collaborate with vehicle teams to create robust fuzing solutions and interconnects.

The role includes lab and flight tests, firmware bring-up, and root cause analysis to support field operations.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 12+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs.
• Familiarity with test equipment and lab automation.
• Experience with Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB interfaces.
• Knowledge of MCU/CPU/FPGA devices and technologies.
• Design for signal integrity and power integrity.

Responsibilities

• Full cycle PCB design from requirements to bring-up and test.
• Development of fuzing circuitry for missile systems.
• Collaborate with vehicle teams to design fuzing systems and effectors.
• Create system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses.
• Support other air vehicle subsystems development constraints.
• Vendor surveys for sourcing components.
• Conduct peer reviews and design reviews.
• Build and test components in lab, ground, and flight tests.
• Low level firmware bring-up and test.
• Root cause analysis for field operations.

Skills

Test equipment

Interfaces (Ethernet/CAN/I2C/SPI/PCIe/

MCU/CPU/FPGA

Analog & digital electronics

Altium CAD

Signal integrity

Security clearance

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Altium

Eagle

Job description

Staff Electrical Engineer (Weapons Systems)

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.

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 fuzing circuitry for missile systems.
• Closely collaborate with vehicle development teams to design, document, and produce tailored fuzing systems and effectors.
• 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 system components.
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews.
• Build up and test 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

• BS or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 12+ 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
• Experience in design of modern analog/digital electronics and electronic circuits.
• Test experience including data acquisition, data analysis, and project coordination.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Ability to travel as required for testing (surges up to 25%).
• Passion for defending the United States and her allies.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret or Top-Secret or DOE L or Q).
• 5-10 years’ work experience as an individual contributing engineer, focused on electrical design, analysis, and testing of fuzing and/or ordnance systems.
• Understanding of DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160 and relevant avionics design standards for UAS.
• Familiarity with electrical component suppliers.
• Experience in UAS, missiles, or maritime programs.
• Experience with the DoD Weapons Safety Boards.
• Experience designing and scaling production of components at volume.
• Experience developing or testing complex electrical systems.
• Experience with MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-2105.
• Experience with JOTP-052 and JOTP-054.
• Experience with explosive operations and/or handling munitions.

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:

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