Senior Energy Distribution and Management Engineer

Anduril • Santa Ana, CA

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About The Position

Anduril's Maritime Division is developing maritime autonomous vehicles and scaling advanced manufacturing capabilities through its Proto-Factory in Orange County, California, in support of the Arsenal-2 shipyard initiative in Baltimore County, Maryland.

The Senior Energy Distribution and Management Engineer will own power distribution and energy management for a maritime autonomous vehicle. Reporting to the Vehicle Systems Lead, this role designs the power bus architecture, switching systems, and management logic that deliver power from storage to vehicle subsystems. The engineer will set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and drive design, analysis, and testing to completion, applying experience from optimized multidisciplinary projects. The role includes travel up to 25% to test sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• At least 5 years designing DC power distribution or power electronics hardware for vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, or other mobile platforms.
• Experience owning a vehicle or platform power bus architecture, with protection and fault isolation designed into the bus.
• Experience owning a platform-level power budget as a design artifact.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with marine vehicle power distribution systems.
• Working knowledge of EMI/EMC design practices.
• Experience with power system simulation tools.
• Experience in defense or maritime robotics.

Responsibilities

• Own power distribution bus architecture and design.
• Design power switching, protection, and fault isolation circuits.
• Manage the vehicle energy budget and power allocation.
• Define power interfaces between energy storage and consuming subsystems.
• Model and simulate the vehicle power system across mission load profiles.
• Support EMI/EMC design and qualification.
• Interface with energy storage, regulation, and vehicle systems teams.
• Support prototype integration and testing.
• Travel up to 25% to test sites.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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