Lead Electrical Engineer, Maneuver Dominance

The role

You will own the electrical architecture and technical direction of an aircraft development program from concept through production. You will lead PCB design, mentor engineers, and drive the development of payloads and subsystems for autonomous air vehicles.

What you will do

• Own the electrical architecture and technical roadmap for a major subsystem or full vehicle platform
• Lead full cycle PCB design efforts including requirements, schematic design, layout, and testing
• Serve as the technical lead for troubleshooting issues across electrical, firmware, and software boundaries
• Drive the architecture and development of payloads and subsystems
• Define and own system interconnect diagrams and wire harness architecture
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineering teams
• Lead and facilitate peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews
• Own the integration and testing strategy of a rotorcraft system through TRLs 3-8
• Lead vehicle platform system design and analysis
• Mentor and develop Electrical Engineers and Senior Electrical Engineers

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 8+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs
• Proven track record leading electrical design efforts from concept through fielded/production hardware
• Deep knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits
• Expert-level competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, and current-probes
• Strong familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc.
• Strong familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies
• Familiarity with software development processes and tools such as git, Github, JIRA, etc.
• Advanced proficiency with electronic CAD tools
• Demonstrated experience in design for signal integrity / power integrity at a system level
• Experience with battery systems and ability to lead alternate battery systems design efforts
• Extensive experience with high reliability systems, including design for redundancy and fault tolerance

Nice to have

• Proven experience designing and leading electrical and power systems for autonomous rotorcraft
• Extensive experience with battery systems, both primary and secondary chemistries
• Experience with High Voltage Power Electronics at a leadership/architecture level
• Experience with inverters and high power electric motors
• Deep understanding of MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810G, and experience applying them to lead design efforts
• Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills, with experience managing or mentoring a team of engineers
• Experience leading a full qualification campaign for flight hardware, from planning through completion
• Deep familiarity with designing for rugged environments
• Extensive experience with electro-mechanical and electrical design concepts
• Experience with Formula SAE, Baja SAE, Design Build Fly, etc., particularly in a leadership/captain role

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

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

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The Maneuver Dominance team develops operationally relevant, multi-asset autonomy.