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Salary: USD 146,000 - 194,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior Hardware Test Engineer to join the Cyber team. This role focuses on designing and executing comprehensive test strategies for complex integrated hardware, software, and RF systems used in military applications.
You will be responsible for designing test approaches, fixtures, harnesses, and automated validation workflows that exercise systems in lab and pre-field environments. You'll build requirement-traceable test coverage spanning functional validation, regression, qualification, and environmental readiness. A key part of this role involves developing automation using Python, Bash, Robot Framework, or equivalent tools to configure systems, drive equipment, collect evidence, and flag regressions.
You will operate across RF test equipment, networking infrastructure, and system-control surfaces to validate integrated behavior end-to-end. Collaboration is essential—you'll partner with software, FPGA, DSP, hardware, and systems engineers to reproduce issues, isolate failures, and improve release confidence. You'll also help establish disciplined test plans, defect triage loops, and evidence packages that support productization and field readiness.
Anduril's mission is to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The company brings 21st-century innovation to the defense industry, powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime 3D command and control center.
**Requirements:**
- Strong experience in automated test and validation using Python, Bash, Robot Framework, or comparable tooling
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD-backed regression systems, preferably with GitLab CI/CD or similar platforms
- Hands-on familiarity with RF and hardware test equipment such as signal generators, analyzers, switch matrices, power systems, or environmental chambers
- Ability to translate requirements into concrete test procedures, fixture/harness designs, coverage maps, and objective pass/fail evidence
- Comfort working across Linux systems, networking, infrastructure, and hardware interfaces while debugging integrated failures
- Strong defect-triage instincts and ability to reproduce, isolate, and clearly communicate technical issues
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail in evidence capture, traceability, and release readiness
**Preferred Qualifications:**
- Experience with qualification testing, environmental testing, or standards-driven validation in defense, aerospace, or similarly rigorous domains
- Background leading or coordinating small validation teams and establishing scalable engineering workflows
- Familiarity with lab automation spanning both software control and physical instrumentation
- Experience supporting field events, acceptance testing, or high-visibility readiness reviews
- Working knowledge of mixed hardware/software/RF systems beyond pure software test automation
