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Senior Electro-Mechanical Engineer, R&D

Anduril· Hardware Platform : Core Technology Products : Palmer Design Engineering
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Costa Mesa, CA$146k - $194k + equityFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior electro-mechanical role focused on early-stage R&D development of complex systems (mechanical structures, batteries, actuators, motors, power systems, PCBAs, sensors, payloads) with high ownership, autonomy, and hands-on prototyping.

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 and test prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects towards production
  • Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers and internal leaders
  • Travel to test sites, vendors, and demos as needed
  • Use first principles physics as a basis for every decision

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of mechanical and/or electrical design experience in a professional setting
  • Experience in an immersive technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
  • Demonstrated leadership, ownership, and autonomy skills (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
  • CAD skills (any platform) and ability to make high quality engineering drawings that meet industry standards
  • Experience in PCB design and any ECAD (Altium, KiCAD, etc)
  • 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
  • Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

Skills

Required:Experience in an immersive technical projectLeadership and autonomyCADPCB designFirst principles physicsSchematic/wiring diagrams interpretation
Nice to have:Firmware/software (Arduino or similar)Prototype build and testingPower systems / batteries / PCBA designMicrocontroller development and wiring protocolsNX and Teamcenter PLM

Benefits

  • Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package
  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (health, recovery, and other support)
  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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