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Senior Electrical Engineer, Thunder Payload Integration

Anduril · Costa Mesa, California, United States · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)

Defenseonsitesenior$147k–$194k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own payload electrical architecture for Thunder autonomous attack rotorcraft.
  • Design firing circuits, arming logic and deployment harness routing.
  • Support on-aircraft integration and ground firing verification at range.

What they offer

  • Highly competitive equity grants

Ideal candidate

Mission-driven electrical engineer with aerospace payload background who thrives owning safety-critical hardware end-to-end from bench to range and cares about delivering autonomous capability to warfighters.

Requirements

  • 3-6 years in aerospace or defense electrical engineering with payload or weapons electrical systems experience
  • Firing circuit design — EED circuits, arming/safing logic, and safety analysis
  • Payload bus architecture — power, data, and control from aircraft bus to payload
  • Aerospace harness design, including wiring through dynamic or articulated environments
  • GSE design for payload integration support
  • EMC analysis for safety-critical circuits (HERO/HERP/HERF awareness)
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Lab profile

About Anduril

Defense technology company building autonomous systems for military missions.

What they build

  • Lattice OS
  • Ghost
  • Anvil

Known for

  • Autonomous defense systems
  • AI-powered command and control
  • Rapid hardware-software iteration

Key facts

  • Founded in 2017
  • Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California
  • Backed by Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz
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