Anduril Industries
Electrical Engineer, Drones
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks an Electrical Engineer to design and develop embedded control electronics for tactical reconnaissance and strike drones. You'll take products from concept through production, collaborating across hardware, software, and test teams in a fast-paced defense technology environment.
What you'll do
- Design embedded control electronics including hardware selection, schematic design, PCB layout, board bring-up, and flight testing
- Troubleshoot electrical and software integration issues using lab equipment and debugging tools
- Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineers on product delivery
- Support rapid prototyping, new developments, active deployments, and customer-operated systems
- Conduct system-level integration and validation testing
What they're looking for
- Embedded systems design and troubleshooting
- Mixed signal circuit design and integration
- Test equipment proficiency (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers)
- Altium Designer or equivalent EDA tools
- C/Linux firmware development (preferred)
- Hardware debugging and signal analysis
- Git, GitHub, JIRA familiarity (preferred)
- Knowledge of SPI, ADCs, timers, and hardware peripherals (preferred)
Benefits
- Competitive salary ($129,000–$171,000 USD)
- Equity grants included in most full-time offers
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits at little to no cost
- Top-tier benefits package for full-time employees
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a complex embedded system you designed from concept to production. What were the key challenges in the schematic and PCB design phases, and how did you validate your design?
- Describe your experience troubleshooting issues that crossed electrical and software boundaries. What lab equipment and debugging tools did you use, and how did you isolate the root cause?