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Anduril Industries · 5 months ago

Sr. Mechatronics Engineer - Electrical

Costa Mesa, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$142K/yr - $213K/yr

5+ years exp

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on enhancing military capabilities through advanced technology. They are seeking a Sr. Mechatronics Engineer to lead core product development for complex systems including optical systems, batteries, and sensors, requiring high ownership and collaboration across disciplines.

AerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)GovernmentMilitaryNational Security

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

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

Manage internal and external market research and comparisons

Design, implementation, and test of complex electro-mechanical systems

High level system ownership with large levels of professional autonomy

Lead design reviews, run analysis, visit vendors, define and execute hardware test plans

Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production

Support critical hardware demonstrations with customers as needed

Travel to test sites as needed

Use first principles physics as a basis for every decision

Wear many hats

Qualification

Electrical design experienceMicrocontroller designElectro-Mechanical designECAD proficiencyMCAD proficiencyFirst principles physicsHands-on prototypingLeadership skillsOrganizational skillsInterpersonal skills

Required

Experience in an immersive technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings)

Demonstrated leadership skills (collegiate project teams or professional settings)

5+ years of electrical/design experience in a professional setting

Familiarity with microcontrollers, power conversion and system integration

Ability to read, interpret, and manipulate schematics, wiring diagrams, and layouts

High competence with, and fluid use of, engineering first principles

Experience in bare metal microcontroller design (STMicro, TI, NXP, etc) from schematic to bringup

Strong organizational skills

BS, MS or PhD in an engineering field, or equivalent work experience

Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Preferred

Experience in ECAD (Altium, KiCad, etc) and MCAD (Solidworks, NX)

Hands-on prototyping (soldering, board assembly, harnessing)

Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills

Familiarity with designing for rugged environments

Experience in bringing up device trees on embedded systems with a variety of connected sensors

Experience with Electro-Mechanical and Electrical design concepts

Experience in developing a variety of electronics hardware products (UAVs, wearables, firearms, high power electric propulsion, optical systems, or other complex mechanisms)

Experience in characterizing circuits at both schematic and board level

Familiarity with wireless communication protocols

Experience with microcontroller wired communication protocols (USB, MIPI CSI2, SPI, I2C, CAN, CANFD, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485)

Experience with motor and servo drive (BLDC/Brushed motor controller design, servo control systems)

Practical experience with electrical engineering tools (Oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, multimeters)

Benefits

Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.

Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.

Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.

16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.

Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.

Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.

A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.

Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.

Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.

Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).

401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)