Senior Manager, Power Electronics and Power Conversion

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. About Anduril 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. What You’ll Do Lead Programs & Architecture: Oversee power electronics and power conversion programs from concept through production. You will guide the development of motor controllers, DC-DC converters, AC-DC rectifiers, and smart power distribution systems for defense platforms. Project Management: Create, maintain, and communicate detailed product development schedules to ensure all assigned team members are aligned on tasks, hardware spins, and testing deadlines. System Design: 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. HIL & System Verification: 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. Hardware Evaluation: Utilize advanced evaluation methodologies, including automated efficiency mapping, thermal imaging, power quality testing, and dynamic load profiling. Full-Cycle PCB & LRU Design: 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. Cabling & Interconnects: Develop power distribution interconnect diagrams and define high-voltage/high-current cabling, shielding, connectors, and busbars connecting energy sources to power electronics and payloads. Supply Chain & Vendor Collaboration: Manage successful fabrication, assembly, and BOMs for power hardware, collaborating closely with custom magnetic, power semiconductor, connector, and thermal management vendors. Vendor Relations: Maintain familiarity with aerospace/automotive-grade power electronics component suppliers and manufacturers. Platform Integration: Integrate power electronics (e.g., electronic speed controllers, battery management systems, power conditioning units) into UAVs, UGVs, or maritime systems. Firmware Support: Support software and firmware teams in developing digital control loops (DSP/MCU-based converter control), state-machine logic, telemetry reporting, and power-up sequences. Trade-Off Studies: Represent the power subsystem in platform-level, cross-disciplinary trade-off studies (such as SWaP-C, voltage level selection, and thermal dissipation architectures) to op