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Electro-Mechanical Engineer, R&D

Anduril· Hardware Platform : Core Technology Products : Palmer Design Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$129k - $171kFull-timePosted 10mo ago

About the role

Anduril Industries is seeking an Electro-Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, or Mechanical Engineer to join the Costa Mesa HQ for early stage R&D development of complex systems including mechanical structures, batteries, mechanisms, actuators, motors, power systems, PCBAs, sensors, and payloads.

Responsibilities

  • Execute rapid evaluation of engineering concepts in a wide range of fields
  • Identify partners in industry to engage with, and manage early vendor relationships
  • Perform trade studies and physics-based analysis of blue-sky engineering problems
  • Manage internal and external market research and comparisons
  • Design, implementation, and test of complex electro-mechanical systems
  • High level system ownership with large levels of professional autonomy
  • Lead design reviews, run analysis, visit vendors, define and execute hardware test plans
  • Build and test prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects towards production
  • Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers and internal leaders
  • Travel to test sites, vendors, and demos as needed
  • Use first principles physics as a basis for every decision

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of mechanical and/or electrical design experience in a professional setting
  • CAD skills (any platform) and ability to make high quality engineering drawings that meet industry standards
  • Experience in PCB design and any ECAD (Altium, KiCAD, etc)
  • High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles
  • Strong organizational skills
  • BS, MS or PhD in an engineering field, or equivalent work experience
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance
  • Experience in an immersive technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
  • Demonstrated leadership, ownership, and autonomy skills (collegiate project teams or professional settings)

Skills

Required:Mechanical designElectrical design / PCB designCADFirst principles physics

Benefits

  • Highly competitive equity grants included in most full-time offers
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (health, recovery, and other coverages)
  • Comprehensive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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