Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Sentry Engineering team builds world-leading hardware products and systems that leverage artificial intelligence to provide highly accurate, persistent autonomous awareness across land, sea and air. With an AI-enabled edge processing, continuous 360 pan / tilt capability, and a variety of radars and sensors, Sentry can autonomously identify, detect, and track objects of interest to bring increased awareness to military bases, border, oil and gas pipelines, airports and other critical infrastructure. Actionable data provided by the Sentry product line ultimately provides potentially life-saving information to commercial, government, and military operators worldwide.
ABOUT THE JOB
To further grow both the capability and scale of our Sentry products, Anduril Industries is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Electrical Engineering Manager to join our Sentry Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience with analog and digital electronics, PCB design, and productization of new developments along with the ability to lead a team, ensuring the successful execution of projects and team development for both ground and air deterrence and defense applications.
This role will own rapidly developed, ruggedized product introduction in addition to scaling legacy design concepts to support full-rate production. The ideal candidate will possess a rapid prototyping, growth mindset while ensuring concepts can scale rapidly to production-ready designs capable of deployment throughout the world.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Demonstrated ability to lead ruggedized embedded electronics designs from inception to production, ensuring reliability and system integration.
- Manage and mentor a team of electrical engineers as part of the larger Air and Ground Defense electrical department.
- Hands on full cycle PCB and LRU design including collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug and integration with larger systems.
- Experience with embedded computing and/or mechatronics architecture
- Ability to to work collaboratively with other teams to define product requirements, develop specifications for all critical Sentry support systems, write and execute design verification test plans.
- Understanding and apply hardware evaluation techniques, including test case development for Design Verification Test (DVT), Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP), and Qualification Test Procedures (QTP).
- Coordinate fabrication, assembly, and BOM management with vendors.
- Experience in the electrical integration of medium to large scale vehicles.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
- 7+ years of experience designing, testing and troubleshooting complex board designs in military, automotive, or similar hardware.
- Proven track record for scaling quality versions of said hardware into a production state.
- Proven leadership or management experience in guiding highly technical and motivated engineers.
- Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, Analog circuits, etc.
- Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies.
- Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits.
- Proficient with Altium Designer or equivalent electronic design automation design tool.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Advanced Degree: A Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- Industry Standards: Familiarity with, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and other relevant industry standards.
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to align technical decisions with the company's business strategy.
- Support for software and firmware development related to motion control, sensing, payload integration, power management, and networking.
- Familiarity with high power (2kW+) systems.
US Salary Range
$170,000—$255,000 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:
- Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
- For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
- For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
- 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)
The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!
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