Electro-Mechanical Engineer, PCBsMotor Controls
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
Job Summary
ABOUT THE JOB
Anduril is seeking a Electro-Mechanical 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 YOULL 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)
- 5 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 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
$142000 - $213000 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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
Healthcare Benefits
- US Roles:Comprehensive medical dental and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
- UK & AUS Roles:We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
- IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.
Additional Benefits
- Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees.
- Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members bond with a new baby or address your own medical needs.
- Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g. IVF preservation) adoption and gestational carriers along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
- Mental Health Resources:Access free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services such as legal and financial support are also available.
- Professional Development:Annual reimbursement for professional development
- Commuter Benefits:Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
- Relocation Assistance:Available depending on role eligibility.
Retirement Savings Plan
- US Roles:Traditional 401(k) Roth and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.
- UK & IE Roles:Pension plan with employer match.
- AUS Roles:Superannuation plan.
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.
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