Senior Energy Systems Engineer

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

Anduril Maritime is seeking a skilled and passionate Energy Systems Engineer to join our Enabling Technology team and make a direct impact on the performance and safety of our cutting-edge maritime products.

In this role, you will be a key contributor, applying your technical expertise to design, develop, test, and certify the high-density energy systems that power our platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design & Development: Design, develop, and mature high-density energy storage systems through internal engineering projects, contributing directly to hardware and software solutions.
• Technical Execution: Execute against sections of the energy technology roadmap, advancing current energy systems through capability development, validation, and optimization efforts.
• Certification Support: Perform and support critical certification efforts for energy systems, including tasks related to UN38.3 and NAVSEA 9310.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary internal teams and external vendors to integrate energy systems into Anduril Maritime products using agile development and CI/CD principles.
• Requirements & Specifications: Contribute to the identification of energy demands, develop detailed technical specifications, and ensure our energy systems meet product requirements for endurance and safety.
• Testing & Validation: Conduct rigorous testing, analysis, and validation of energy systems, documenting findings to support shipping and use certifications.
• Technical Communication: Clearly communicate technical development status, findings, and issues to internal stakeholders, lead engineers, and potentially external partners.
• Innovation & Research: Actively evaluate new energy technologies and industry trends, researching and proposing innovative solutions to enhance our product capabilities.
• Proposal Contributions: Provide detailed technical inputs for proposals, including engineering execution plans, and contribute to customer deliverables and requests for information.
• Trade Studies & Analysis: Perform mission and system-level trade studies and detailed analysis to inform design decisions, balancing risk, cost, and performance objectives.
• Problem Solving: Actively participate in Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) activities for energy and power systems, ensuring lessons learned are integrated into design improvements and future requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or higher degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Systems Engineering.
• At least 6+ years of years of hands-on experience working on power system design and development.
• Hands-on Development Experience: Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, testing, and supporting the delivery of cutting-edge, high-density energy storage systems for complex and harsh environments.
• Battery Safety: Experience contributing to the development and execution of battery safety plans.
• Strong Fundamentals: Deep technical fundamentals in energy storage systems, electronics design, and/or product development.
• High-Reliability Design: Experience designing high-reliability, mission-critical power systems.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance as a U.S. Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Requirements Execution: Proven ability to translate complex system requirements into executable technical tasks and successfully deliver against those demands.
• Technical Aptitude: Strong ability to execute technical development efforts, self-assess against key performance parameters, and work effectively across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Technical Communication: Excellent technical communication skills, with the ability to articulate critical technical findings and conclusions to various audiences.
• Experience supporting battery certification efforts, including UN38.3 certification as well as NAVSEA 9310.
• Experience with subsea electro-mechanical design.
• Experience contributing to product development in electro-mechanical systems, ideally energy systems.

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including a comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) that ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.