Senior Avionics Design Engineer

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, 3‑D 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.

The Air Dominance and Strike (AD&S) Electrical Engineering Team is responsible for developing high‑reliability avionics, embedded processing, and power systems for Group 5 air vehicles and missile platforms. Working across hardware, software, and mission autonomy, the team delivers flight‑critical electronics, PCB assemblies, and FPGA‑based processing architectures that enable Anduril's next‑generation autonomous air platforms to operate in complex and contested environments. AD&S Electrical Engineers drive end‑to‑end development, from system architecture and circuit design to verification, integration, and flight test, ensuring scalable, mission‑ready solutions that meet the performance, reliability, and survivability demands of the U.S. Military and modern air warfare.

We are looking for a Senior Avionics Engineer to join our rapidly growing team in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will work closely with avionics engineers to review and design electrical integration details, ensuring documentation and communication to all relevant stakeholders. If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment supporting new developments, active deployments, and customer‑operated hardware, we are looking for you.

• Full cycle PCB design including collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring‑up, test, debug, and system integration
• Conduct bring‑up and design work on microcontrollers, ensuring seamless integration within the system
• Troubleshoot issues that span electrical and software boundaries, utilizing lab equipment (oscilloscopes, DMM, etc.) and basic software debugging tools
• Work in a fast‑paced environment supporting new developments, deployments, and customer‑operated hardware
• Perform power design, including development and integration of power management systems and components
• Develop payloads and subsystems (sensors, payload interfaces, power management, and networking)
• Create system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment within a subsystem
• Collaborate closely with other electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineers to deliver fully functional, mission‑critical products
• Conduct peer‑level and cross‑discipline design reviews

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 8+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex system designs
• Ability to perform power system and electrical loading analysis, simulation, and testing to determine optimal solutions
• High competence using lab test equipment (benchtop power supplies, electronics loads, oscilloscopes, DMM, logic/spectrum analyzers, etc.) and familiarity of thermal and EMI test chambers
• Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, RS232/422, RS485, USB)
• Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and oral)
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance
• Experience with power design and power management systems
• Hands‑on experience with microcontrollers, including bring‑up and design work
• Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits
• Experience designing mixed‑signal PCBs with multiple layer counts, layer stack‑up and impedance matching for power and sensor applications, understanding correct grounding approaches and employing appropriate board…