Electrical Engineer (Actuators)
Anduril Industries
| Company | Anduril Industries |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Costa Mesa |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 14 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
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 JOB
Anduril is seeking a Electrical Engineer 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)
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