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Senior Electrical Engineer, Thunder Payload Integration

Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Maneuver Dominance Engineering : MD - EE
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Costa Mesa, California$129k - $194kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Electrical Engineer to own payload power, data, and control electrical architecture for Thunder autonomous rotorcraft, from aircraft bus through deployment mechanisms to mission payloads.

Responsibilities

  • Own the payload electrical architecture — design power delivery, data, and control wiring from the aircraft bus to payload interfaces through deployment mechanisms
  • Design firing circuits and payload control electronics — arming/safing logic, continuity test interfaces, and ground-to-aircraft handoff protocols for mission-critical payloads
  • Define and implement the mission/vehicle management system (SMS/VMS) electrical interface for payload control — command, status, and safety interlock signals
  • Design harness routing through articulated deployment mechanisms — connector mate/de-mate logic and continuity assurance across all mechanism positions
  • Design ground support equipment (GSE) — bench simulators, continuity test sets, and arming/safing control stations to support integration and range operations
  • Perform EMC analysis for firing-circuit-class signals in a hybrid-electric airframe environment — identify HERO/HERP/HERF risks and define mitigation
  • Support lab verification of the payload electrical chain — bench test through simulated bus to payload connector before aircraft integration
  • Support on-aircraft integration and ground firing verification at range-cleared facilities

Qualifications

  • 3–6 years in aerospace or defense electrical engineering with payload or weapons electrical systems experience
  • Firing circuit design — EED circuits, arming/safing logic, and safety analysis
  • Payload bus architecture — power, data, and control from aircraft bus to payload
  • Aerospace harness design, including wiring through dynamic or articulated environments
  • GSE design for payload integration support
  • EMC analysis for safety-critical circuits (HERO/HERP/HERF awareness)
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:Payload electrical architecture designFiring circuit designAerospace harness designGSE design for payload integration

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and other coverage)
  • Equity grants in majority of full-time offers
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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