Anduril Industries

Motor Controls Engineer (Electrical/PCB Design)

Anduril Industries$121K — $171K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of electrical/design experience in a professional setting
  • Experience in PCB design using any ECAD software (Altium, KiCAD, etc)
  • Hands-on prototyping skills including soldering and board assembly
  • Knowledge of controls/actuation, robotics, or motor/servo drive systems
  • Ability to read and manipulate schematics and wiring diagrams
  • Strong organizational skills
  • BS, MS or PhD in an engineering field, or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

  • Execute rapid evaluation of engineering concepts across various fields
  • Manage industry partnerships and early vendor relationships
  • Perform trade studies and physics-based analysis on complex engineering problems
  • Design, implement, and test complex electro-mechanical systems
  • Lead design reviews and define hardware test plans
  • Build prototypes, analyze failures, and transition successful projects into production
  • Support hardware demonstrations for customers and travel to test sites as needed

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits with minimal employee cost
  • Support for recovery and health maintenance
  • Opportunities for professional growth and leadership roles
  • Access to competitive equity grants as part of the compensation package
  • Investment in employee development and well-being
Full Job Description
ABOUT THE JOB

Anduril is seeking a Motor Controls Engineer, Electrical to join the team at our Costa Mesa HQ. Here you will work on core product development for complex systems, including but not limited to optical systems, batteries, mechanisms, control systems, and sensors. The role requires high ownership and frequent collaboration with other core disciplines. The ideal candidate would be practical, hands-on and a self starter. High growth potential is possible as well as additional leadership opportunities.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
  • 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
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Experience in an immersive technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
  • Demonstrated leadership skills (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
  • 3+ years of electrical/design experience in a professional setting
  • Experience in PCB design and any ECAD (Altium, KiCAD, etc)
  • Hands-on prototyping (soldering, board assembly, harnessing)
  • Experience with any: controls/actuation, robotics, and or motor/servo drive systems (BLDC/brushed motor controller design and servo control systems)
  • 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
  • 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 QUALIFICATIONS
  • Experience in bare metal microcontroller design (STMicro, TI, NXP, etc) from schematic to bringup
  • 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)
  • Practical experience with electrical engineering tools (Oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, multimeters)


US Salary Range

$121,000-$171,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that develops advanced systems for the military. The company was founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey, Trae Stephens, and Matt Grimm, and has since grown to become a major player in the defense industry. Anduril's products include autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and other advanced technologies that are designed to enhance military capabilities. The company has received significant funding from investors and has partnerships with several major defense contractors. Anduril is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Learn more about Anduril Industries
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2017

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