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Anduril Industries

Electrical Engineer - Board Design, Thunder

Costa Mesa, California, United States$129k–$198kfull-timemidAdded today

About this role

Anduril Industries seeks an Electrical Engineer to design and develop flight-critical PCBs for Thunder, an autonomous attack rotorcraft. You'll own the full lifecycle of custom embedded electronics—from schematic and layout through lab validation and flight testing—integrating sensors, communications, and processing hardware under strict aerospace constraints.

What you'll do

  • Design embedded electronics from concept through prototype, including component selection, schematic capture, and PCB layout
  • Perform board bring-up, troubleshooting, and system-level integration with hands-on lab work
  • Troubleshoot issues spanning electrical and software boundaries using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and debugging tools
  • Collaborate with firmware, software, mechanical, and systems engineers to deliver functional products
  • Work with modern SoCs, multi-gigabit SERDES, DDR memory, Ethernet, and FPGA interfaces
  • Support fast-paced development, active deployments, and customer-operated hardware across concurrent projects

What they're looking for

  • PCB design and layout (Altium Designer or equivalent)
  • High-speed digital electronics (multi-gigabit SERDES, DDR, Ethernet MAC/PHY)
  • Microprocessor and microcontroller selection and interfacing
  • FPGA and communication protocols (SPI, I2C)
  • Test equipment operation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, current probes)
  • Embedded Linux (device trees, drivers, bootloaders)
  • Python for test automation
  • Embedded software development fundamentals

Benefits

  • Competitive equity grants included in full-time offers
  • Comprehensive health and recovery benefits at little to no cost
  • Top-tier benefits package for full-time employees
  • Work on cutting-edge autonomous defense technology
  • Collaborative environment with multidisciplinary teams
  • Fast-paced innovation culture
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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.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a complex PCB design you've led—what were the most challenging design decisions and how did you validate your approach?
  • Describe your experience troubleshooting a hardware-software integration issue. How did you isolate whether the problem was electrical or firmware-related?