Anduril Industries
Electrical Engineer (Actuators)
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks an Electrical Engineer specializing in actuators to drive core product development for complex defense systems. You'll own electro-mechanical designs from concept through production, collaborating across disciplines while maintaining high technical autonomy and hands-on involvement.
What you'll do
- Design, prototype, and test complex electro-mechanical systems including actuators, controls, and sensor integration
- Execute rapid engineering concept evaluations and perform trade studies using physics-based analysis
- Lead design reviews, manage vendor relationships, and define hardware test plans
- Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful designs into production
- Conduct internal and external market research and comparisons for engineering solutions
- Support customer hardware demonstrations and travel to test sites as needed
What they're looking for
- PCB design and ECAD tools (Altium, KiCAD)
- Motor/servo control systems and BLDC motor controller design
- Microcontroller programming and bare-metal embedded development (STMicro, TI, NXP)
- Power conversion and system integration
- Hands-on prototyping (soldering, board assembly, harnessing)
- Microcontroller communication protocols (SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, USB)
- Electrical engineering tools (oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies)
- First-principles physics and systems analysis
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants included in majority of full-time offers
- Top-tier benefits package for full-time employees
- High growth potential and leadership opportunities
- High level of professional autonomy and ownership
- Work on cutting-edge defense technology and AI-powered systems
- Collaborative environment across multiple engineering disciplines
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a motor or servo control project you've led from schematic to working prototype—what were the key design challenges?
- Describe your experience designing PCBs for harsh or rugged environments. What trade-offs did you have to make?