Senior Electrical Test Technician

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

This role is for a Senior Electrical Test Technician at Anduril, a defense technology company. The technician will be responsible for setting up, executing, and analyzing test experiments, supporting test harness builds, updating test systems for automation, troubleshooting and repairing electrical components, and maintaining test equipment. The role requires an Associate degree in a related field, 4+ years of electronics testing experience in an R&D environment, familiarity with schematics and product development lifecycles, and strong root cause analysis skills. The company mentions AI, autonomy, computer vision, and sensor fusion in its mission statement, but the core responsibilities of this role are focused on electrical testing and hardware support, not direct AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Setup, execute and analyze test experiments per test procedures and record findings into test records.
  2. Support with builds of test harnesses, racks, and environmental setups.
  3. Update existing test systems to improve automation, consistency, and coverage per engineering instructions.
  4. Proficient at troubleshooting and repair of electrical, electronics and integrated circuits to the component level.
  5. Maintenance and calibration of electrical and/or mechanical test equipment.

Skills

Required

  • Associate degree in Electrical/Electronics, Computer, Mechanical Technologies, or related fields.
  • 4+ years of electronics testing experience in an R&D environment.
  • Familiarity with reading electrical system and component schematics.
  • Familiarity with product development life cycle, reliability, and compliance testing.
  • Familiarity with electronics test equipment such as power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscope, function generators, data acquisition and measurement sensors.
  • Strong root cause analysis skills.
  • Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Able to pivot quickly between tasks and prioritize simultaneous tasks in a fast-paced environment.
  • U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.
  • Ability to lift a minimum of 25lbs unassisted.

Nice to have

  • 5+ years electronics testing experience.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • Familiarity with IPC Quality Standards, IPC-610, IPC-620, J-STD and other assembly and inspection standards.
  • Experience with High Voltage and High Power Testing such as propulsion inverters and batteries.
  • Experience with equipment calibration and metrology.
  • Experience with electrical compliance testing such as EMI/EMC testing.

What the JD emphasized

  • U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.