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Senior Motor Controls Engineer

Anduril· Hardware Platform : Core Technology Products
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Costa Mesa, CA$191k - $253kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Senior role developing motor control and actuator firmware for Anduril’s autonomous vehicles across land, air, and sea; combines tech and defense experience with low-level firmware and motor control expertise.

Responsibilities

  • Develop motion control systems for applications such as precision actuators and electric propulsion
  • Develop motor controls algorithms using Matlab / Simulink
  • Develop motor models and integrate with SITL systems
  • Integrate Simulink autocode algorithms with microcontroller C based RTOS and application
  • Assist with part selection, board and product design
  • Bring up new boards and toolchains
  • Support device manufacturing efforts and operational deployments

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, etc., or equivalent experience
  • Experience and formal training with classical control systems
  • Experience with Matlab and Simulink
  • Experience with motor control circuits and peripherals, such as drivers, encoders, and Hall sensors
  • Background in low-level firmware architecture, design and development in C
  • Experience with embedded ARM and motor control modules within ARM microcontrollers
  • Comfortable with typical embedded systems tools, compilers, debuggers and IDEs
  • Broad experience with microcontrollers, application processors, revision control systems
  • Familiarity with common bus protocols such as SPI, I2C, CAN, RS485, etc.
  • Strong debugging skills through use of instrumentation such as oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers
  • Application experience in areas such as robotics, automation, motor control, and sensor fusion
  • U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data

Skills

Required:Motion controlMatlab / SimulinkSITL integrationEmbedded CARM microcontrollersDebugging with instrumentationBus protocolsLow-level firmware architectureARO/robotics domain knowledge

Benefits

  • Highly competitive equity grants included in most full-time offers
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (health, recovery, and related support)
  • Data: 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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