Senior Energy Storage Engineer

Anduril Industries • Costa Mesa, CA

13h

About The Position

Anduril's Maritime Division is responsible for planning and executing Anduril's product and revenue roadmap for maritime missions. Working across product, engineering, business development, logistics, and operations, the Maritime team develops, tests, deploys, and sustains the Anduril maritime capabilities in a challenging operational environment worldwide. As a leader in the Maritime Division, you must be a technical leader with the expertise to evaluate, qualify, manage, and advocate for an increasing number of sophisticated parallel pursuits. This role is crucial in ensuring that each initiative aligns with the company's strategic direction and receives the appropriate resourcing, balancing innovation with practical execution to drive the business line's success. You will own energy storage system design for a maritime autonomous vehicle. Reporting to the Vehicle Systems Lead, you will drive cell selection, module design, thermal management, and pressure-rated packaging for battery systems that must deliver ultra-long-range endurance under pressure. Your spectrum of support will be diverse in nature and require you to leverage your technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive to completion. The ability to leverage your intuition and prior experience will be key in making sure the right design, analysis, and test steps are completed to ensure success. The ideal candidate will leverage their experience executing and successfully completing prior highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in battery system design, energy storage, or power electronics
• Experience with lithium-ion or equivalent high-energy-density battery systems
• Familiarity with battery management systems and thermal management
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice To Haves

• Experience with marine or subsea battery systems
• Working knowledge of battery safety standards (UN38.3, IEC 62619, or military equivalents)
• Experience with pressure-rated enclosure design
• Familiarity with battery modeling and simulation tools
• Experience in defense or maritime robotics

Responsibilities

• Own energy storage architecture: cell chemistry selection, module design, and pack integration
• Design pressure-rated battery enclosures for full-ocean-depth operation
• Perform battery sizing, energy budget analysis, and cycle life modeling
• Drive thermal management design for safe operation across environmental conditions
• Define charging profiles and integration with external charging interfaces
• Interface with energy distribution, structural, and production teams
• Support prototype builds, testing, and design-for-manufacturability reviews
• Contribute to safety analysis for energy storage systems
• Travel up to 25% to test sites and vendor facilities

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

What This Job Offers

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