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Senior Mechatronics Engineer

Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Mission Autonomy Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Mechatronics Engineer at Anduril to work on core product development for complex electro-mechanical systems, including optical, battery, mechanisms, control systems, and sensors, with high ownership and collaboration across disciplines.

Responsibilities

  • Execute rapid evaluation of engineering concepts in a wide range of fields
  • Identify partners in industry to engage with, and manage early vendor relationships
  • Perform trade studies and physics-based analysis of blue-sky engineering problems
  • Manage internal and external market research and comparisons
  • Design, implementation, and test of complex electro-mechanical systems
  • High level system ownership with large levels of professional autonomy
  • Lead design reviews, run analysis, visit vendors, define and execute hardware test plans
  • Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
  • Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed
  • Travel to test sites as needed
  • Use first principles physics as a basis for every decision

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Mechatronics or Robotics design experience
  • Experience in PCB design and any ECAD (Altium, KiCAD, etc)
  • Experience in Mechanical design for loads, stress, mounting and attachment fabrication
  • Hands-on prototyping (soldering, board assembly, harnessing)
  • Experience with any: controls/actuation, robotics, and or motor/servo drive systems (BLDC/brushed motor controller design and servo control systems)
  • Familiarity with microcontrollers, power conversion and system integration
  • Ability to read, interpret, and manipulate schematics, wiring diagrams, and layouts
  • High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles
  • Strong organizational skills
  • BS, MS or PhD in an engineering field, or equivalent work experience
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Skills

Required:Mechatronics/Robotics designPCB design / ECADMechanical design for loads, stress, mountingPrototypingControls / actuation / motor driverMicrocontrollers / power conversionSchematics / wiring diagramsFirst principles physicsOrganization

Benefits

  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (health, recovery, and related support)
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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