Radio Frequency Test Engineer

Anduril • Irvine, CA

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About The Position

Anduril’s Manufacturing team is seeking a Radio Frequency Test Engineer to join its Electromagnetic Warfare team. The team builds and iterates defense hardware and supports the manufacturing value chain, including design for manufacturability, tool selection and design, process creation and optimization, vendor interaction, quality planning, and work documentation.

As an RF Manufacturing Test Engineer, you will own production test activities and help ensure products meet stringent quality standards and production throughput requirements. You will troubleshoot electrical issues, maintain test capabilities across the manufacturing value stream, improve test systems and automation, develop work instructions and troubleshooting resources, and collaborate with design, quality, and manufacturing teams on product failures, customer returns, and new product introduction. The role also involves analyzing test data, maintaining and calibrating equipment, optimizing test strategies, and executing tests as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics, Computer, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant industry experience, emphasizing manufacturing test and product sustainment.
• Familiarity with Linux, Ubuntu, LabVIEW, and NixOS.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers in testing PCBA/electronic assemblies.
• Thorough knowledge of PCBA testing standards and methods.
• Familiarity with electronics test equipment, including power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, function generators, spectrum analyzers, data acquisition equipment, and measurement sensors.
• Strong root cause analysis skills for non-conforming hardware.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with Product Life Cycle (PLM) systems, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), and Test Execution Systems (TES).
• Experience with projects integrating electrical, mechanical, and software/firmware systems.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain ownership of production test activities and ensure production test flow.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex electrical issues found during testing.
• Maintain test capabilities across the manufacturing value stream, from system-level checkouts and acceptance testing to component-level in-process validation.
• Improve and sustain test systems to increase automation, consistency, test coverage, and reduce cycle time.
• Generate test work instructions for technicians in MES.
• Train technicians on equipment use as required.
• Develop a library of common failure modes with troubleshooting guides and diagrams.
• Determine root causes of product failures and recommend corrective actions (RCCA).
• Work with Design, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering teams on customer returns and failure analysis.
• Provide feedback on early-stage test design and test processes for new product introduction.
• Analyze test data, document results, and report defects and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with design engineers on product enhancements based on test outcomes.
• Optimize test strategies to reduce testing time without compromising quality.
• Maintain and calibrate test equipment.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing processes and methodologies.
• Execute testing as required.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, described as comprehensive and competitive and available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior