Senior Test Firmware Engineer, Electrical Test

New Senior Test Firmware Engineer, Electrical Test Costa Mesa, California, United States Apply 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 the Team Anduril Electrical Test Engineering deploys test equipment and testing capabilities that support the next generation of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) designed within Anduril. The Electrical Test Team is embedded within Anduril' s Electrical Engineering team to ensure rapid testing and validation response in design and production while supporting Cognizant Design Engineers taking their products from conception, validation, manufacturing to end of life. We are looking for a candidate to lead testing for our new radio products. About the Role The Senior Test Firmware Engineer sits at the intersection of hardware and software validation within Anduril's Electrical Test team. You'll own the test firmware layer — writing C on microcontrollers that exposes internal hardware for automated testing, and building the Python/LabView frameworks on the host side that drive those tests. Your work directly enables the team to validate Anduril's next-generation radio products from prototype through production. You'll partner closely with Cognizant Design Engineers and the manufacturing team to ensure test coverage keeps pace with rapid hardware iteration. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a hands-on lab environment, is equally comfortable writing bare-metal C and Python automation scripts, and wants to build test infrastructure that scales across multiple product lines. What You'll Do

Architect and build a unified test environment consisting of target-side test firmware and host-side Python/LabView execution frameworks. Develop C-based MCU test firmware that exposes internal hardware peripherals, drivers, and system functions via serial/bus APIs (UART, CAN, SPI, etc.) for external host control. Create reusable abstraction layers and drivers for both on-board microcontroller peripherals and benchtop lab equipment (using PyVISA, SCPI, or vendor APIs). Quickly debug and troubleshoot issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries. Engage with the manufacturing and electrical engineering test teams on test coverage and features. Participate in schematic and test plan reviews and provide expertise on test firmware capability. Maintain automated test suites, analyze results, and work with developers to resolve issues. Develop test HITL stations for regression testing. Support board bring-up and bench validation as needed. Support Design Engineer with DFT, provide feedback from test results to improve quality and test coverage. Support manufacture test bring-up and yield. Provide technical mentorship to engineering teams.

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering or equivalent. 5+ Years of Experience with architecture, design and development in Python. Experience writing embedded C for microcontrollers specifically for test instrumentation, register-level access, and exposing test hooks/APIs to a host PC. Experience developing or working with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) test systems. Familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies. Experience with test