Senior Manager, Power Electronics and Power Conversion

Anduril Industries • Costa Mesa, CA

15h

About The Position

Anduril is a defense technology company, bringing Silicon Valley talent and funding to the defense sector. Our technology helps our customers solve their toughest challenges by enabling them to make better, more informed decisions in life-and-death situations. We’ve assembled a diverse team of experts in artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensor fusion, optics, and data analysis that are creating software and hardware solutions to radically evolve the capabilities of the United States and our allies. If you are passionate about solving problems that have real impact, come join Anduril and build the future of defense.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex power electronics circuits, switching power supplies (buck, boost, flyback, resonant topologies), and motor drives in a high-reliability aerospace, defense, or electric vehicle (EV) context.
• Deep understanding of power quality and EMI standards, specifically MIL-STD-704 (aircraft electrical power characteristics) and MIL-STD-461 (requirements for the control of electromagnetic interference).
• Competence with high-power test equipment such as high-voltage power supplies, electronic loads, power analyzers, differential probes, thermal chambers, and test automation.
• Practical experience in design for EMI mitigation, low-parasitic layouts, gate drive optimization, and high-frequency switching performance.
• Familiarity with standard interfaces used in power systems (CAN, PMBus, I2C, SPI, RS-485).
• Familiarity with DSPs, microcontrollers, or FPGAs commonly used for digital control of power supplies (e.g., TI C2000, STM32).
• Proficiency with Altium Designer or equivalent electronic design automation (EDA) design tools.
• Experience with power simulation tools such as PLECS, LTspice, MATLAB/Simulink, or Simplis.
• Knowledgeable in Python (for test automation) and C/C++ (for firmware understanding/debugging).
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Power Electronics.
• Experience with wide-bandgap (SiC, GaN) semiconductor technology, high-voltage safety design practices (touch-safe standards, creepage/clearance), and thermal management of high-power-density systems.
• Familiarity with DO-160 (specifically Section 16 for Power Input and Section 21 for RF Emissions).
• Familiarity with DO-254 and DO-311A (for rechargeable lithium battery systems).
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810 (environmental engineering considerations).

Responsibilities

• Oversee power electronics and power conversion programs from concept through production.
• Guide the development of motor controllers, DC-DC converters, AC-DC rectifiers, and smart power distribution systems for defense platforms.
• Create, maintain, and communicate detailed product development schedules to ensure all assigned team members are aligned on tasks, hardware spins, and testing deadlines.
• Design high-reliability, efficient, power-dense, thermally optimized, and fault-tolerant power system architectures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define vehicle power requirements and write design verification test plans.
• Verify power system performance, efficiency, thermal margins, transient responses, and protection features (over-voltage, over-current, short-circuit) on hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) setups or flight-representative systems.
• Utilize advanced evaluation methodologies, including automated efficiency mapping, thermal imaging, power quality testing, and dynamic load profiling.
• Drive high-power PCB and Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) design. This includes requirements gathering, schematic design, component selection (wide-bandgap semiconductors like SiC/GaN, custom magnetics, bulk capacitors), gate driver design, layout supervision (optimizing for parasitic inductance and EMI), bring-up, and system integration.
• Develop power distribution interconnect diagrams and define high-voltage/high-current cabling, shielding, connectors, and busbars connecting energy sources to power electronics and payloads.
• Manage successful fabrication, assembly, and BOMs for power hardware, collaborating closely with custom magnetic, power semiconductor, connector, and thermal management vendors.
• Maintain familiarity with aerospace/automotive-grade power electronics component suppliers and manufacturers.
• Integrate power electronics (e.g., electronic speed controllers, battery management systems, power conditioning units) into UAVs, UGVs, or maritime systems.
• Support software and firmware teams in developing digital control loops (DSP/MCU-based converter control), state-machine logic, telemetry reporting, and power-up sequences.
• Represent the power subsystem in platform-level, cross-disciplinary trade-off studies (such as SWaP-C, voltage level selection, and thermal dissipation architectures) to optimize overall vehicle performance and range.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees.

What This Job Offers

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