Senior Hardware Engineer - Mission Compute, Thunder

Anduril
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 129,000 - 198,000 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Peer-level collaboration","Cross-discipline problem-solving","Root cause analysis"]

Own full-cycle PCB and avionics hardware development for an autonomous attack rotorcraft, Thunder. Drive requirements through schematic, component selection, PCB layout, bring-up, test, debug, and system integration. Develop air/ground vehicle avionics (flight controls, sensors, payloads, networking), create validation test plans, and support lab/ground/flight builds. Perform peer reviews and root-cause analysis while collaborating across software and hardware teams.

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Senior Hardware Engineer - Mission Compute, Thunder

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Job Summary

Own full-cycle PCB and avionics hardware development for an autonomous attack rotorcraft, Thunder. Drive requirements through schematic, component selection, PCB layout, bring-up, test, debug, and system integration. Develop air/ground vehicle avionics (flight controls, sensors, payloads, networking), create validation test plans, and support lab/ground/flight builds. Perform peer reviews and root-cause analysis while collaborating across software and hardware teams.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead full cycle PCB design: requirements, schematic design, component selection, layout, bring-up, test, debug, and system integration.
  • •Develop air and ground vehicle avionics systems including flight controls, sensors, payloads, and networking.
  • •Build and test avionics components through lab, ground, and flight tests; develop hardware bring-up and validation test plans.
  • •Perform low-level firmware development for bring-up and test and support hardware integration across constraints.
  • •Conduct peer-level, cross-discipline design reviews and perform root-cause analysis supporting field operations.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 129,000 - 198,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) with 5+ years designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs.
  • •Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests.
  • •Familiarity with standard interfaces including CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, and USB.
  • •Familiarity with digital communication busses such as Ethernet, PCIe, and HDMI.
  • •Knowledge of modern analog/digital electronics and electronic circuits; comfortable with electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred).
Experience:5+ years
Education:Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering
Skills:Peer-level collaborationCross-discipline problem-solvingRoot cause analysis
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PCB designSchematic designComponent selectionPCB layoutBring-upDebuggingIntegrationFirmware developmentAltiumCANI2CSPIPCIeUSBEthernetHDMIMCUCPUFPGAAnalog electronics

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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