Anduril
Principal Power Controls Engineer
$220K–$292K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years designing and tuning digital control loops for power electronic converters (DC/DC, DC/AC, or motor drives).
- Education
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
About the job
Owns control architecture and develops, simulates, and validates control algorithms for high-performance power converters, inverters, and motor drives for defense and aerospace systems.
What you'll do
- Design and validate closed-loop controls, plant models, and controller architectures for power converters, inverters, and motor drives.
- Perform stability analysis, loop shaping, and compensator design; collaborate with hardware and firmware teams on implementation and device tuning.
- Define and execute HIL/PHIL test plans and contribute to topology, modulation, and control trade studies.
What they ask for
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, or related discipline.
- Proficiency in Simulink and/or PLECS for control modeling, simulation, and analysis.
- Strong control-theory foundation, including z-domain and s-domain design, bode analysis, state-space methods, and discrete-time implementation.
- Hands-on experience with multi-kW discrete SiC and/or GaN FET power stages; eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- MS/PhD focused on power electronics controls or control systems.
- Embedded firmware, model-based code generation, real-time HIL platforms, advanced modulation, reliability, or EMI mitigation experience.
Pay
$220,000 — $292,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Simulink, PLECS, SiC, GaN, C/C++, TI C2000, STM32, Embedded Coder
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