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Staff Electrical Engineer (Sensors)

Anduril· Hardware Platform : Hardware Engineering Services
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Costa Mesa, California$191k - $253kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Staff Electrical Engineer focused on design, testing, and integration of proximity sensors for autonomous vehicles, with full lifecycle PCB design, system interconnects, and cross-discipline collaboration in a defense technology context.

Responsibilities

  • Design, test, and validation of proximity sensors for our autonomous vehicles.
  • Vehicle-level integrations and complete lifecycle design from concept through production.
  • Full cycle PCB design including establishing or collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug and integration with the system.
  • Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment.
  • Provide support and collaborate within other air vehicle subsystem development constraints.
  • Vendor surveys and evaluation to support sourcing for system components.
  • Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews
  • Build up and test of engine system components through lab, ground, and flight tests
  • Root cause analysis in support of field operations

Qualifications

  • BS/MS or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 10+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs.
  • Strong background in circuit design, including components, and mixed-signals design.
  • Experience with sensor design, build, test, and integration.
  • Design experience in UAS, power electronics, converter design, or powertrain.
  • Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests.
  • Familiarity with standard interfaces such as CAN, I2C, SPI, etc.
  • Comfortable with a variety of electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred, Eagle and others acceptable)
  • Experience in EMI testing.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:Electrical engineering fundamentalsSensor designUAS/power electronicsTesting and instrumentationEMI testing

Benefits

  • Benefits package (comprehensive, competitive, available at little to no cost) for health, recovery, and more.
  • Equity grants and total compensation package as part of full-time offers.
Last updated Jul 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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