Anduril Industries
Electro-Mechanical Engineer, R&D
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks an Electro-Mechanical Engineer to develop early-stage R&D prototypes for advanced defense systems at their Costa Mesa headquarters. You'll own complex projects spanning mechanical structures, power systems, PCBs, sensors, and payloads, with significant autonomy to prove feasibility and drive rapid concept validation.
What you'll do
- Execute rapid concept evaluation and trade studies across diverse engineering fields using first principles physics
- Design, build, and test electro-mechanical prototypes including mechanisms, actuators, batteries, and sensor systems
- Conduct vendor research, manage supplier relationships, and lead design reviews
- Perform hardware testing, failure analysis, and transition successful designs toward production
- Support customer and leadership demonstrations at test sites
- Travel to vendors, test facilities, and field demonstrations as needed
What they're looking for
- Mechanical and/or electrical design (3+ years professional experience)
- CAD proficiency and engineering drawing standards
- PCB design and ECAD tools (Altium, KiCAD)
- Hands-on prototyping and machining
- Power systems, battery management, or motor/servo controls
- Microcontroller design and firmware experience
- Communication protocols (USB, CAN, I2C, SPI, UART)
- Systems thinking and first principles analysis
Benefits
- Competitive equity grants included in full-time offers
- Top-tier benefits package for full-time employees
- Salary range: $129,000–$171,000 USD
- High autonomy and ownership of early-stage projects
- Exposure to cutting-edge defense technology and AI systems
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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 electro-mechanical system you designed from concept to prototype. What trade studies did you perform, and how did you use first principles physics to validate your design decisions?
- Describe your experience with PCB design and ECAD tools. Have you taken a design from schematic through layout and into hardware bringup, and what challenges did you encounter?