# Senior Electrical Engineer  (Avionics)

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace

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## Description

Anduril is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer based in Costa Mesa, CA to develop and test cutting-edge electronics for avionics propulsion systems.

This individual will be responsible for the electrical design, rigorous analysis, test, and integration of propulsion-subsystem electronics from concept to production, while ensuring alignment with strategic business goals.

**Responsibilities**

- Full Cycle PCB Design: Translate system-level propulsion requirements into robust designs. Perform schematic capture and high-density PCB layouts, component selection, bring-up, test, debug, and integration with the propulsion system.

- Engine System Electronics: Design and optimize flight controller circuits, power distribution/supplies, motor controller circuits, and electromagnetic actuator circuits.

- Rigorous Analysis: Conduct circuit simulations, worst-case analysis, thermal analysis, DFMEA, and component derating to ensure reliability under extreme vibration and temperature environments.

- Comprehensive Testing: Lead board bring-ups, Design Verification Testing, qualification testing, and functional testing.

- Collaborative Design: Provide electrical support and collaborate closely with mechanical, thermal, software, test, quality, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams for development.

- Peer Reviews: Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews.

- Root Cause Analysis: Perform root cause and failure analysis in support of engine test and field operations.

**Required Qualifications**

- Education & Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs.

- Technical Fundamentals: Solid engineering fundamentals across Analog, Digital, and Power Electronics.

- Software & Tools: Deep proficiency with electronic design tools, specifically Altium Designer and LTSpice.

- Laboratory Equipment: Competence with laboratory test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, spectrum analyzers, function generators, DMMs, electronic loads, power supplies, and test automation.

- Interfaces & Protocols: Familiarity with standard interfaces and common MCU/CPU architectures.

- Security Clearance: Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Education: Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.

- Advanced Tools: Experience with MATLAB / Simulink for data analysis, control loop modeling, or system simulations.

**Benefits**

Anduril offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, including top-tier benefits for full-time employees.

## Skills

### Required
- Altium Designer
- LTSpice
- PCB Design
- Circuit Simulation
- Thermal Analysis
- DFMEA
- Component Derating
- Oscilloscopes
- Logic Analyzers
- Spectrum Analyzers
- Function Generators
- DMMs
- Electronic Loads
- Power Supplies
- Test Automation
- CAN
- I2C
- SPI
- Ethernet
- MCU/CPU Architectures

### Nice to have
- MATLAB / Simulink

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