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Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology. The Intelligence Systems division focuses on specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community customers, delivering critically needed capabilities for national security requirements.
You will own the end-to-end validation effort for custom hardware designs from electrical engineering teams. This includes planning comprehensive validation campaigns, designing and building custom hardware test fixtures, creating test scripts, selecting appropriate electronic test equipment, identifying applicable electrical standards, and executing validation activities in a hardware lab to prove designs meet requirements before shipment.
Key responsibilities:
- Partner with cross-functional hardware, firmware, FPGA, and systems teams to plan and execute validation of custom hardware designs
- Develop validation plans that map design requirements to specific tests, pass/fail criteria, and applicable electrical standards
- Design and build custom hardware fixtures and write accompanying software/firmware to exercise designs under test
- Identify, specify, and configure electronic test equipment (oscilloscopes, spectrum/network analyzers, power analyzers, environmental chambers, etc.) for each validation campaign
- Execute design verification and qualification activities in a hardware lab across high-speed digital, precision analog, RF, and high-power domains
- Drive root cause analysis on validation failures and close the loop with design teams on corrective action
- Participate in peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews, representing testability and validation considerations
- Document validation results and author reports supporting program milestones and customer deliverables
- Work in a fast-paced environment juggling multiple concurrent validation efforts across projects and customers
REQUIREMENTS:
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
- 7+ years of professional experience in hardware design validation, test engineering, or hardware product development with substantial validation responsibility
- Demonstrated experience authoring and executing design validation plans (DVPs) against written requirements
- Hands-on proficiency with electronic test equipment: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum/network analyzers, power supplies/loads, and data acquisition systems
- Ability to read and interpret schematics and PCB layouts and use them to plan targeted validation coverage
- Experience developing custom hardware test fixtures and supporting software/firmware (Python, C/C++, or equivalent) to automate measurements
- Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc., and the tooling used to validate them
- Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, and FPGA devices and how to bring them up and exercise them on the bench
- Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and the failure modes that validation needs to catch
- Ability to determine work priorities based on broad direction from management
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with others
- Ability to work within company and team culture
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience validating designs with high volume production requirements
- Experience executing qualification test campaigns to MIL-STD-810 (environmental) and familiarity with the test methods involved
- Experience executing EMI/EMC test campaigns to MIL-STD-461 and working with accredited EMC labs
- Experience with signal integrity and power integrity validation (eye diagrams, jitter analysis, PDN measurements)
- Experience with test automation frameworks and instrument control (SCPI, VISA, python-based test frameworks)
- Experience validating designs intended for harsh or deployed environments (ruggedized, airborne, or space)
