Director, Electrical Engineering, Connected Warfare

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Connected Warfare : Edge Compute & Communications Engineering : Connected Warfare Electrical Design

Director of Electrical Engineering at a defense technology company, overseeing a large team responsible for the design, integration, and production of electrical subsystems for complex hardware products. The role involves technical leadership, people management, resource planning, hiring, and developing a technical vision for the electrical engineering roadmap.

What you'd actually do

  1. Oversee a 40+ member electrical engineering department, including electrical architecture, PCB design, harness design, firmware development, system integration, and test
  2. Own the design and integration of electrical subsystems for multiple products simultaneously
  3. Drive the transition of electrical designs from prototype to production
  4. Independently lead people management functions for the entire team, including overseeing personnel growth, resource planning, and hiring
  5. Review electrical engineering designs and oversee the definition and implementation of best practices

Skills

Required

  • Proven track-record of owning the design and delivery of electrical systems for complex hardware products
  • Demonstrated ability to independently design and integrate electrical components into production scale products
  • Deep technical fluency and passion for engineering details
  • Experience working on both high-power (>100kW) and low power (<20W) ground or automotive systems
  • Past leadership of large, multi-discipline, electrical engineering teams
  • Strong people management and hiring skills
  • Success working in start-up, scale-up, or other high-ambiguity environments
  • Business acumen and the ability to use financial metrics to guide engineering decisions
  • 10+ years overseeing the development of complex electrical systems
  • Bachelors degree or higher in electrical engineering
  • U.S. Security Clearance eligible

What the JD emphasized

  • state-of-the-art electrical systems
  • electrical subsystems
  • electrical engineering leader
  • electrical team
  • electrical subsystems
  • electrical team
  • electrical engineering designs
  • electrical designs
  • electrical engineering roadmap
  • electrical systems
  • electrical components
  • electrical engineering teams
  • electrical systems