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Lead Electrical Engineer, Maneuver Dominance

Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Maneuver Dominance Engineering : MD - EE
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Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194kfull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Lead Electrical Engineer role based in Costa Mesa, CA, focusing on designing and integrating subsystems for an autonomous air vehicle program, collaborating across mechanical, software, firmware, and test teams to deliver high-performance, flight-ready systems.

Responsibilities

  • Full cycle PCB design including collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug and system integration
  • Troubleshoot issues that span the electrical and software boundaries, with solid skills using both lab equipment (Oscilloscopes, DMM, etc.) and basic software debugging tools
  • Development of payloads and subsystems (sensors, payload interfaces, power management, and networking)
  • Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment within a subsystem
  • Work closely with other electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineers to deliver fully functional products
  • Work in a fast-paced environment supporting new developments and customer operated hardware
  • Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews
  • Design and support the integration & testing of an rotorcraft system through TRLs 3-8
  • Conduct vehicle platform system design & analysis as required by your supported program or effort
  • Conduct design reviews, perform requirements analysis, and plan system verification to ensure compliance with project goals and industry standards
  • Work within a dynamic team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the life of product design, integration, and test effort

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 5+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs
  • Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits.
  • 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.
  • Familiarity with software development processes and tools such as git, Github, JIRA, etc
  • Comfortable with a variety of electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred, Eagle and others acceptable)
  • Experience in design for signal integrity / power integrity
  • Experience with battery systems and ability to support alternate battery systems design
  • Experience with high reliability systems
  • Experience with radio frequency-based systems
  • Experience with rapid payload/sensor integration
  • Experience in designing and integrating high power electronics
  • Experience in fieldable system design
  • Comfortable in conducting worst case circuit or uncertainty analysis
  • High-ownership and a bias toward action
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
  • Ability to travel 25% with potential surges above 25%

Skills

Required:PCB designElectrical test and debuggingPayload developmentSystem integrationCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package including health, recovery, and other supports (details available during recruitment)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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