Anduril
Electrical Engineer, Weapon Systems
$132K–$175K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Experience
- 0–7+ years designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs; recent graduates may apply with a technical internship or standout engineering-club leadership experience. Preferred: 5–10 years as an individual contributing engineer focused on electrical design, analysis, and testing of fuzing and/or ordnance systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or Robotics.
About the job
Designs, tests, and integrates electrical systems and fuzing circuitry for weapon and air-vehicle systems, including PCB development and field support.
What you'll do
- Complete the PCB design lifecycle, from requirements and schematic design through layout, bring-up, testing, debugging, and system integration.
- Develop fuzing circuitry, tailored fuzing systems, effectors, interconnect diagrams, and wire harnesses in collaboration with vehicle teams.
- Build and test system components, develop low-level firmware for bring-up and test, and perform root-cause analysis for field operations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or Robotics, with the stated experience or qualifying recent-graduate experience.
- Competence with test equipment and test automation; familiarity with standard interfaces and MCU, CPU, and FPGA technologies.
- Knowledge of analog and digital electronics, electronic circuits, and signal/power integrity design; experience with test data acquisition and analysis.
- Ability to travel for testing as required (surges up to 25%) and eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Active U.S. security clearance (DoD Secret or Top-Secret or DOE L or Q).
- Experience with fuzing or ordnance systems, avionics/UAS standards, defense programs, weapons safety, or production at volume.
Pay
$132,000 — $175,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Altium, Eagle, Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB
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