Electro-Mechanical Engineer, R&D

Anduril
California
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 129,000 - 171,000 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Experience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Leadership"]

Hands-on electro-mechanical design role focused on early-stage R&D for complex systems, including mechanical structures, batteries, actuators, sensors, and PCBAs. You’ll perform rapid evaluations, vendor engagement, trade studies, hardware tests, prototyping, and customer demos, with high ownership and autonomy to advance concept feasibility from concept to production.

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Anduril
10 months ago

Electro-Mechanical Engineer, R&D

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Job Summary

Hands-on electro-mechanical design role focused on early-stage R&D for complex systems, including mechanical structures, batteries, actuators, sensors, and PCBAs. You’ll perform rapid evaluations, vendor engagement, trade studies, hardware tests, prototyping, and customer demos, with high ownership and autonomy to advance concept feasibility from concept to production.
Location: California
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Execute rapid evaluation of engineering concepts in a wide range of fields
  • •Identify partners in industry to engage with, and manage early vendor relationships
  • •Perform trade studies and physics-based analysis of blue-sky engineering problems
  • •Design, implementation, and test of complex electro-mechanical systems
  • •Lead design reviews, run analysis, visit vendors, define and execute hardware test plans
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 129,000 - 171,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceVision401kEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Experience in an immersive technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
  • •Demonstrated leadership, ownership, and autonomy skills (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
  • •3+ years of mechanical and/or electrical design experience in a professional setting
  • •CAD skills (any platform) and ability to make high quality engineering drawings that meet industry standards
  • •Experience in PCB design and any ECAD (Altium, KiCAD, etc)
Experience:3+ yearsDefense technologyHardware engineeringElectro-mechanical design
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingLeadership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:CADECADAltiumKiCADNXTeamcenter PLMPCB designArduinoSolderingOscilloscopesMultimetersFirst principles physics

Eligibility

Security Clearance:TS

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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