Senior Mechatronics Engineer, Omen
Anduril · Costa Mesa, California, United States · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
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At a glance
Highlights
- Own electromechanical systems enabling Omen's hover-to-cruise transition.
- Build runway-independent autonomy operating from ships and beaches.
- Drive full lifecycle from bench characterization to flight test campaigns.
Ideal candidate
Hands-on builder with Formula SAE or similar roots who loves bridging hardware and software. You thrive owning complex electromechanical systems end-to-end and flight-testing real autonomy in the field.
Requirements
- Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in Mechatronics, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, Computer Science, or Physics
- 4+ years of hands-on electromechanical and sensor integration experience in robotics, aerospace, or similar
- 3+ years of C++ (or Rust) in a Linux environment, plus tooling in Python; demonstrated experience developing software for hardware
- Proficiency across a meaningful portion of the robotics stack, from sensor interfacing to actuation
- Solid grasp of low-level communications (Ethernet, CAN, UART, SPI, I2C), real-time systems, and motor control
- Experience with sensor characterization, calibration, and coordinate frame management; cameras, IMUs, encoders, GNSS, or LIDAR
- Experience building and executing hardware test rigs, with competence on oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and test automation
- Ability to read schematics, support board bring-up
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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