Senior Electrical Engineer - Air Vehicles

Senior Electrical Engineer, Air Vehicles

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

The Air Dominance and Strike (AD&S) Electrical Engineering Team is responsible for developing high-reliability avionics, embedded processing, and power systems for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms.

We are looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for end-to-end avionics systems and subsystems development.

What You’ll Do

• Develop high performance, high efficiency, and highly robust avionics solutions for air vehicle platforms
• Develop reliable on-board communication systems to exchange high bandwidth data across various air and ground assets
• Architect, design, and build high-speed digital PCBAs (schematic capture, simulation, board layout)
• Help decide what to do in-house and what to outsource, communicate design requirements with external vendors and help drive the progress
• Develop relationships with external vendors and communicate design requirements to external vendors and suppliers.
• Work cross-functionally between software, firmware and hardware teams
• Develop hardware validation test plans for sub-system and full system products.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 8+ years relevant experience in embedded hardware design or computer engineering
• Experience designing high density PCB layouts with an understanding of cutting-edge PCB manufacturing technology.
• Deep understanding of thermal, mechanical, power and performance tradeoffs
• Experience with creating test plans, benchmarking and performing validation tests to determine performance of complex hardware systems.
• Understanding of high-speed interfaces (PCIe, DDR, USB, MIPI, etc.), power integrity, and signal integrity.
• Knowledgeable of EMI/EMC susceptibility and emissions along with mitigation experience.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with high performance SOMs (System On a Module)
• Experience in developing FPGA and ASIC architectures
• Experience with rapid, hands-on prototyping.
• Skilled at soldering and reworking microelectronic components.
• Knowledgeable in RF investigation and analysis with the use of specialized equipment (Spectrum analyzer, Network Analyzer, etc) and RF simulation tool suites.
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art hardware systems, software tools and algorithms for interfaces required for sensors, actuators, firmware development, and inter-communication bus protocols (CAN-FD, Ethernet, SFP, 1553, etc).
• Experience using Linux command line interface (CLI).

US Salary Range: $146,000—$194,000 USD

Healthcare Benefits : Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.

Additional Benefits

• Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
• Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available.
• Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development
• Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
• Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.

Retirement Savings Plan : Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.