Electrical Engineer - Board Design, Thunder

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 129,000 - 198,000 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 3+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Organization","Communication"]

Own board design for next-generation payloads on an autonomous attack rotorcraft platform. Lead the full lifecycle of custom, flight-critical PCBs integrating advanced sensors, communications, and processing hardware. Design robust digital and power electronics for harsh aerospace constraints, perform lab bring-up, troubleshoot across electrical/software boundaries, and support system integration and flight testing while collaborating with mechanical, software, and systems teams.

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Electrical Engineer - Board Design, Thunder

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Job Summary

Own board design for next-generation payloads on an autonomous attack rotorcraft platform. Lead the full lifecycle of custom, flight-critical PCBs integrating advanced sensors, communications, and processing hardware. Design robust digital and power electronics for harsh aerospace constraints, perform lab bring-up, troubleshoot across electrical/software boundaries, and support system integration and flight testing while collaborating with mechanical, software, and systems teams.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design embedded electronics from concept to functional prototypes, including hardware selection, schematic/PCB design, board bring-up, and system-level integration.
  • •Troubleshoot issues across electrical and software boundaries using lab equipment and debugging tools.
  • •Build platforms using modern SoCs and networking hardware.
  • •Collaborate with firmware/software engineers on processor/peripheral selection, board bring-up, and troubleshooting.
  • •Support product delivery in a fast-paced environment, managing involvement across multiple projects and supporting deployments and flight testing.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 129,000 - 198,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • •3+ years designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex hardware, embedded systems, and products.
  • •Experience with multi-gigabit SERDES, DDR memory busses, Ethernet MAC/PHY, FPGAs, and communication buses like SPI and I2C.
  • •Experience selecting/configuring microprocessors and microcontrollers and interfacing them.
  • •Familiarity with embedded Linux (device trees, hardware drivers, bootloaders) and embedded software fundamentals (timers, interrupts, peripherals such as SPI controllers and ADCs).
Experience:3+ yearsDefense technologyAerospaceAutonomous systemsEmbedded systems
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:OrganizationCommunication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Altium DesignerPythonPrinted circuit boards (PCBs)Schematic capturePCB layoutOscilloscopesDMMLogic analyzersCurrent-probesAutomation of testsSERDESDDREthernet MACEthernet PHYFPGAsSPII2CMicroprocessorsMicrocontrollersSoCs

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Secret

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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