
Electrical Design Engineer, Hypersonic, Air Dominance and Strike
Costa Mesa, CAJob$146–194K/yrPosted todayStill listed today
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Anduril Industries seeks a mid-to-senior Electrical Engineer in Costa Mesa to develop avionics hardware for advanced hypersonic and high-speed vehicles. The engineer will own electrical subsystems from architecture and schematic capture through board bring-up, design verification testing, and vehicle integration. The role requires electrical engineering fundamentals and power electronics experience in a fast-paced hardware development environment.
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Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE JOB
We are looking for a mid-to-senior Electrical Engineer to join our team in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for end-to-end avionics hardware development supporting advanced hypersonic and high-speed vehicles. You will own critical electrical subsystems from architecture and schematic capture through board bring-up, Design Verification Testing (DVT), and vehicle-level integration.
This role requires a strong grounding in electrical engineering fundamentals, deep experience in power electronics, and a desire to work in a fast-paced hardware development environment where you make real flight hardware move quickly.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
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Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or related discipline) with 4+ years of hands-on experience in board-level circuit design, analysis, and system integration.
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Strong EE Fundamentals: Demonstrated expertise in analog and digital circuit design, component selection, tolerance analysis, and root-cause troubleshooting.
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Power Electronics Experience: Proven experience designing power systems, DC-DC converters, switching power supplies, voltage regulators, and power management circuits.
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PCB Design Lifecycle: Direct experience designing multi-layer, mixed-signal PCBs (schematic capture, component placement, stackup design, impedance control, grounding, and design for EMC/EMI).
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Hands-on Lab & Test Skills: High competence using standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, electronic loads, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers) for hands-on board bring-up, debugging, and Design Verification Testing (DVT).
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System Interfaces & Bus Architectures: Familiarity with common interfaces (CAN, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, RS-422/485, UART).
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System Integration: Ability to take a design past the bench and support its integration into larger vehicle electromechanical assemblies and harness interconnects.
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Clearance: Must be a U.S. Person with an active U.S. DoD Secret clearance (or eligibility to rapidly reactivate a clearance held within the last 24 months).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance.
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Experience designing electronics for space, missile, or hypersonic environments (accounting for extreme vibration, thermal vacuum, and radiation-tolerant/rad-hard considerations).
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Experience with ECAD design tools such as Altium Designer.
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Experience designing high-reliability hardware in fast-iterating environments (e.g., new-space, aerospace startups, or fast-paced defense programs).
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Understanding of battery management systems (BMS), high/low voltage power distribution, and actuator/motor drive electronics.
US Salary Range $146,000—$194,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.
Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams
Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.
To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
• No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.
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Please always verify communications:
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Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.
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Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to [email protected].
• Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.
• What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to [email protected]. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.
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By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.
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