Senior Electrical Engineer, Missiles/pcbs

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Hardware Engineering : Electrical Engineering : Electrical Engineering

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to design, test, and integrate PCBs and fuzing circuitry for missile systems. The role involves full-cycle PCB design, collaboration with vehicle development teams, system interconnect diagrams, and low-level firmware development. Requires a BS in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of experience, competence with test equipment, and familiarity with standard interfaces and common electronic devices. Experience with avionics design standards and military specifications is preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. Full cycle PCB design including collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug and integration with the system.
  2. Development of fuzing circuitry for missile systems.
  3. Closely collaborate with vehicle development teams to design, document, and produce tailored fuzing systems and effectors.
  4. Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment within the vehicle.
  5. Provide support and collaborate within other air vehicle subsystem development constraints.

Skills

Required

  • BS or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 5+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs
  • Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests
  • Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc.
  • Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies
  • Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits
  • Comfortable with a variety of electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred, Eagle and others acceptable)
  • Experience in design for signal integrity / power integrity
  • Test experience including data acquisition, data analysis, and project coordination
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
  • Ability to travel as required for testing (surges up to 25%)

Nice to have

  • Active U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret or Top-Secret or DOE L or Q)
  • 5-10 years’ work experience as an individual contributing engineer, focused on electrical design, analysis, and testing of fuzing and/or ordnance systems
  • Understanding of DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160 and relevant avionics design standards for UAS
  • Familiarity with electrical component suppliers
  • Experience in UAS, missiles, or maritime programs
  • Experience with the DoD Weapons Safety Boards
  • Experience designing and scaling production of components at volume
  • Experience developing or testing complex electrical systems
  • Experience with MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-2105
  • Experience with JOTP-052 and JOTP-054
  • Experience with explosive operations and/or handling munitions

What the JD emphasized

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance