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Salary: USD 191,000 - 253,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking an Endurance System Lead to drive the Energy subsystem for a maritime autonomous vehicle. You will own energy storage, distribution, regulation, and external charging from concept through production, reporting to the Vehicle Systems Lead. Your mission is to maximize vehicle endurance and power reliability for ultra-long-range autonomous operation.
You will set architecture for battery systems, power distribution, energy management, and charging interfaces. Your work will span diverse technical and leadership responsibilities: leveraging technical expertise to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive projects to completion. You will draw on prior experience executing highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning the Energy subsystem architecture: storage, distribution, management, regulation, and external charging
- Driving design and development of energy storage systems for ultra-long-range autonomous operation
- Driving power distribution and bus architecture across the vehicle
- Owning energy regulation systems ensuring safe and efficient power delivery to all subsystems
- Designing external charging interfaces and solutions for rapid turnaround
- Managing energy budget and power allocation across all consuming subsystems
- Defining electrical interfaces between energy subsystem and other vehicle systems
- Managing subsystem schedule and cost performance across prototype, LRIP, and FRP phases
- Providing technical mentorship to engineers across energy disciplines
- Driving design-for-manufacturability in coordination with Production
- Representing the energy subsystem in technical and customer meetings
- Interfacing with Vehicle Systems Lead and Chief Engineer on technical decisions
- Traveling up to 25% to test sites and customer locations
Anduril's Maritime Division is transforming American sea power and scaling at a historic pace. The team is anchored by Arsenal-2, a new software-defined shipyard in Baltimore County, Maryland, part of a $6.6 billion investment in America's submarine industrial base. Development is underway at the Proto-Factory in Orange County, California, a 160,000 square foot facility serving as the prototyping hub for Arsenal-2.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Energy Engineering, or equivalent
- 5+ years of experience in energy or power systems for marine, aerospace, or robotic systems
- Experience taking energy or power systems through full product development cycles
- Demonstrated experience with battery systems, power electronics, or energy management
- Experience transitioning designs from prototype to production
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with large-format battery systems (lithium-ion or equivalent)
- Working knowledge of high-voltage power systems in marine or defense applications
- Experience with power distribution for autonomous vehicles
- Familiarity with safety standards for energy storage systems
- Experience in defense or maritime robotics
