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Salary: USD 129,000 - 198,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology. The company brings 21st-century innovation to the defense industry, designing and building military systems powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system for real-time command and control.
The Maneuver Dominance team is building Thunder, an autonomous attack rotorcraft designed to fight alongside crewed combat aviation. Thunder is a compact airframe with weapons, sensors, and radios competing for limited antenna real estate while flying low and in formation in contested spectrum environments.
You will join the Thunder team as an Electrical Engineer owning board design for next-generation payloads and mission systems. You will lead the full lifecycle of custom, flight-critical printed circuit boards that integrate advanced sensors, communications gear, and processing hardware into the aircraft. Your work will span schematic capture and layout through hands-on lab bring-up and flight testing, with direct responsibility for hardware that powers the aircraft's mission capabilities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design embedded electronics from concept to functional prototype, including hardware selection, schematic and PCB design, board bring-up, and system-level integration
- Troubleshoot issues spanning electrical and software boundaries using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, DMMs, etc.) and basic software debugging tools
- Work with modern SoCs and networking hardware to build Anduril platforms
- Collaborate closely with firmware/software engineers on processor/peripheral selection, board bring-up, and troubleshooting
- Partner with electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineers to deliver fully functional products
- Support new developments, active deployments, and customer-operated hardware in a fast-paced environment
- Manage concurrent involvement in multiple projects at various stages
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
- 3+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex hardware, embedded systems, and products
- Demonstrated experience with multi-gigabit SERDES, DDR memory busses, Ethernet MAC and PHY interfaces, FPGAs, and common communication busses (SPI, I2C)
- Experience with microprocessor and microcontroller selection, configuration, and interfacing
- Experience with component selection, schematic capture, high-speed board design, and guiding PCB layout
- Competence with test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, current-probes) and test automation
- Familiarity with product development processes and tools
- Knowledge of embedded software development, including timers, interrupts, hardware peripherals (SPI controllers, ADCs)
- Knowledge of embedded Linux development, including device trees, hardware drivers, bootloaders, and basic Unix/Linux tools
- Exceptional organization and communication skills (written and oral)
- Proficiency with Altium Designer or equivalent electronic design tools
- Familiarity with common programming languages like Python for test automation
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
