Senior Motor Controls Engineer
Anduril · Costa Mesa, California, United States · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
Defenseonsitesenior$191k–$253k
At a glance
Highlights
- Develop motor control firmware powering autonomous vehicles on land, air, and sea.
- Build precision actuators and electric propulsion systems for advanced defense tech.
- Bring cutting-edge autonomy and AI to military systems in months, not years.
What they offer
- Highly competitive equity grants
- Top-tier benefits package
Ideal candidate
A hands-on firmware engineer energized by low-level development and precision motion, with experience spanning tech and defense and a drive to power real autonomous vehicles.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience and formal training with classical control systems
- Experience with Matlab and Simulink
- Experience with motor control circuits and peripherals including drivers, encoders and Hall sensors
- Background in low-level firmware architecture and development in C
- Experience with embedded ARM and motor control modules
- Familiarity with SPI, I2C, CAN, RS485 and embedded debugging tools
- Application experience in robotics, automation, motor control and sensor fusion
- U.S. Person status required for export-controlled data access
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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