Electrical Engineer, Maneuver Dominance

About the job

Anduril is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join the Maneuver Dominance team at our Costa Mesa HQ. The MD Team develops aerial robotic systems designed to operate in large coordinated teams with ground maneuver forces. They develop perception, autonomy, and command and control (C2) systems to solve hard problems for our customers. The role involves core product development of portable C2 systems, including integration with ground and air vehicles. It requires high ownership and frequent collaboration across disciplines.

What You’ll Do

• Execute rapid evaluation of engineering concepts in a wide range of fields
• Perform trade studies and physics-based analysis of blue-sky engineering problems
• Design, implement, and test complex electro-mechanical systems
• Lead design reviews, run analysis, visit vendors, define and execute hardware test plans
• Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
• Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
• Travel to test sites as needed
• Use first principles physics as a basis for every decision

Required Qualifications

• Experience in an immersive technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
• Understanding of low voltage and high voltage power electronics and control systems
• Ability to perform power system and electrical loading analysis, simulation, and testing
• High competence using lab test equipment (bench-top power supplies, electronics loads, oscilloscopes, DMM, logic/spectrum analyzers, etc.)
• Familiarity with battery and UPS systems of various chemistries along with high voltage and low voltage safety and design considerations
• High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles
• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in an engineering field, or equivalent work experience
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing aircraft subsystem layouts, performing architectural trade studies, and evaluating vendor performance data
• Competency in engineering analysis, including thermal and electrical
• Hands-on prototyping (soldering, board assembly, harnessing)
• Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with designing for rugged environments
• Experience integrating electrical and mechanical subsystems (sensors, payloads, weapons, etc.) onto air vehicles
• Experience in developing a variety of electronics hardware products (UAVs, wearables, firearms, high power electric propulsion, optical systems, or other complex mechanisms)
• Experience in characterizing circuits at both schematic and board level
• Understanding of MIL-STD requirements such as MIL-STD-1275, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810, MIL-DTL-38999

Benefits

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:

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
• Health, recovery, and future support

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