← All roles

Senior Battery Engineer (Drones)

Anduril· Hardware Platform : Core Technology Products : Battery Engineering
Apply on company site
Costa Mesa, California$146k - $194kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Battery Engineer responsible for end-to-end development of energy storage systems (ESS) powering Anduril's drone products, from concept through production, including design ownership, interface with core battery teams, and field sustainment.

Responsibilities

  • Own End-to-End ESS Delivery: Drive battery pack development from concept to production on extremely accelerated timelines, taking full ownership of achieving performance requirements, cost targets, reliability issue resolution, design-for-manufacturing (DFM) support, and more.
  • Serve as the Core Interface: Act as the main point of contact between the Core Battery Group and internal Anduril product teams, maintaining a positive, collaborative relationship throughout the program lifecycle while sharing expertise to the rest of the company.
  • Define Requirements: Collaborate with program teams to translate user stories and CONOPs into actionable ESS requirements.
  • Drive Cell Selection: Lead battery cell selection using accelerated de-risking and validation processes.
  • Lead Design Iterations: Partner with mechanical engineers to deliver design revisions across component testing, mini (scaled down) modules, prototype packs, and production packs—defining the maturity required at each stage.
  • Support Manufacturing Ramp: Work with manufacturing engineering to scale from prototype pack revisions to production units, ensuring adequate validation and reliability verification in an organized fashion through tools like DFMEAs.
  • Get Hands-On: Directly support battery bring-up, test, debug, and vehicle integration activities.
  • Sustain Fielded Systems: Conduct root cause analysis and data processing on fielded ESSs to drive countermeasures and design updates as needed.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or fundamental Physical Sciences with an applied focus on energy storage technologies, plus 5+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting energy storage systems.
  • Past ownership of battery pack design and prototype assembly.
  • Demonstrated experience delivering robust, high-performance energy storage systems with substantial technical ownership and contributions.
  • Demonstrated technical contributions to drive one or more energy storage systems from prototype to production.
  • Professional awareness of at least one: 1) Battery management system (BMS) electrical design, 2) BMS algorithms and software functionality, 3) BMS validation against operational requirements.
  • Professional awareness of at least one: 1) Battery cell characterization methods (mission profile validation, equivalent-circuit model characterization, cycle/calendar life assessment, safety features, etc.), 2) Battery cell or pack modeling/simulation in Matlab or Simulink.
  • Basic capabilities and understanding of CAD tools (CATIA, NX, SolidWorks).
  • Understanding of UN38.3, NAVSEA S9310, and/or equivalent (UL, IEC) battery safety standards.
  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Skills

Required:Battery pack designBMS design/validationCell characterization/mat modelingCAD toolsSafety standards knowledge

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package available to full-time employees; details provided via Explore Our Benefits.
Last updated Aug 5, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anduril

defense-aero-and-safetyliquid-ai-recruiting-targetsetter-30setter-30-2026-q1wing-list-2026wing-list-2026-giga-stage
Company profileWebsite

More open roles at Anduril