Electrical Engineering Technician

Electrical Engineering Technician

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

The Electrical Test Engineering team at Anduril develops test systems used to ensure the quality and reliability of our aerial and ground based systems. The team works on air vehicles such as Roadrunner, Ghost, Anvil and Fury and develop complex manufacturing test solutions to our internal manufacturing team or contract manufacturers. We work closely and cross-functionally with the rest of our Product Engineering groups that include Electrical, Mechanical and Firmware Engineering to solve and improve our manufacturing process, product quality and reliability.

What You'll Do

Execute and support assigned tasks and project activities with the accountability for successful completion of assigned deliverables.

Support engineering activities such as building prototypes, sub-assemblies, and prepare feasibility test units, samples under the guidance of engineers.

Perform work using drawings, diagrams, written and verbal instructions, layouts or defined plans to perform testing, checkout, and trouble-shooting functions.

Conduct repairs and reworks of PCBAs and cable harnesses/assemblies during engineering tests.

Procure and source electrical components under the direction of lead and engineers as required.

Fabricate special test equipment, electronic test boxes, and harnesses.

Execute and support set up and utilize standard test equipment, including oscilloscopes, power analyzers, power supplies, and digital multimeters.

Perform harness build, circuit board electronic modifications, such as component rework, soldering/de-soldering of electronic components per industry standards such as IPC 7711 / IPC 610/IPC 620.

Able to work in a fast paced environment with ambiguous targets and adapt work plans based on new outcome.

Required Qualifications

Minimum 3 years experience as an engineering technician working in a prototype/engineering development lab environment.

Ability to read and understand complex PCBA schematics, cable assembly drawings, and test procedures, without the need to have detailed assembly instructions.

Some experience with building and troubleshooting prototype electro-mechanical hardware, such as PCBAs, cables and wiring harnesses, and electro-mechanical assemblies (drones, vehicles, or eq.).

Familiar and comfortable with standard electrical prototyping processes, such as PCBA rework.

Extensive prototyping experience: Soldering, crimping, assembling cables to IPC Standards.

Knowledge of electrical components & connectors, familiar with basic hand tools and crimping equipment.

Basic electrical understanding and understanding of fundamental electrical engineering concepts.

Familiarity with basic electrical test equipment such as DMMs, oscilloscopes, function generators, etc.

U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.

Preferred Qualifications

Associate level degree in electronics/electrical assembly or equivalent.

Strong understanding of PCBs, PCBAs, prototyping and assembly techniques.

Experience with task management software such as Trello or JIRA.

Experience with electrical CAD tools such as Altium, Rapid Harness or other EWIS software.

Able to hand solder PCBAs per J-STD / IPC-A-610 / IPC 7711.

Wire harness experience in accordance with IPC-A-620 standards.

Willing to work overtime, and weekends, as needed.

Ability to lift a minimum of 25 lbs. Unassisted.