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Anduril Industries

Staff Electrical Engineer (Generalist)

Anduril Industries
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onsite staff full-time $191,000-$253,000 USD Costa Mesa, California, United States

First indexed 16 May 2026

Description

We are seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer (Generalist) to join our Hardware Engineering team. As a Staff Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for 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.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Development of fuzing circuitry for missile systems
  • Closely collaborating with vehicle development teams to design, document, and produce tailored fuzing systems and effectors
  • Developing system interconnect diagrams and defining wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment within the vehicle
  • Providing support and collaborating within other air vehicle subsystem development constraints
  • Conducting vendor surveys and evaluations to support sourcing for system components
  • Participating in peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews
  • Building up and testing system components through lab, ground, and flight tests
  • Developing low-level firmware for bring-up and test
  • Conducting root cause analysis in support of field operations

Requirements include:

  • A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 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
  • Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits
  • Test experience including data acquisition, data analysis, and project coordination
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
  • Ability to travel as required for testing (surges up to 25%)
  • Passion for defending the United States and her allies
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred qualifications include:

  • An 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

The salary range for this role is $191,000-$253,000 USD.

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