Mechatronics Engineer, FW/MCUs/Controls

About this role

Anduril Industries seeks a Mechatronics Engineer to develop complex electro-mechanical systems for defense technology platforms. You'll own hardware projects end-to-end—from concept evaluation and design through prototyping, testing, and production, with significant autonomy and cross-functional collaboration.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, and test complex electro-mechanical systems including optical systems, batteries, mechanisms, and sensors
• Evaluate engineering concepts rapidly and perform physics-based trade studies on technical problems
• Manage vendor relationships and conduct market research to identify industry partners
• Lead design reviews, develop test plans, and support customer hardware demonstrations
• Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful designs into production
• Travel to test sites as needed to support critical demonstrations

What they're looking for

• Bare-metal microcontroller design (STMicro, TI, NXP) from schematic to bringup
• Embedded systems and firmware development
• Motor/servo drive systems and controls (BLDC/brushed motor controller design)
• Electrical schematic design and PCB layout interpretation
• ECAD tools (Altium, KiCad) and MCAD tools (Solidworks, NX)
• Hands-on prototyping (soldering, board assembly, harnessing)
• Microcontroller communication protocols (USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, UART)
• Engineering first principles and physics-based analysis

Benefits

• Competitive salary range: $142,000–$213,000 USD
• Highly competitive equity grants
• High growth potential and leadership opportunities
• Significant professional autonomy and project ownership
• Work on cutting-edge defense technology with AI and autonomy focus
• Based at Costa Mesa headquarters with collaborative team environment