DFx Manufacturing Engineer

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

Anduril's Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S) Manufacturing Engineering team is seeking a DFx Engineer to support design for manufacturability, assembly, and cost analysis across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Support DFx analysis across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing subsystems for AD&S programs, working under the guidance of Staff and Senior DFx Engineers, with a focus on manufacturability, assembly, and cost.
• Participate in structured DFM/DFA/DFC reviews at key design milestones, learning and applying the scoring methodology to identify producibility and cost risks and recommend design changes.
• Work with SME manufacturing engineers and design engineers to provide manufacturing and cost feedback on designs, learning to translate constraints into actionable recommendations.
• Support the evaluation and qualification of contract manufacturers , participating in facility reviews, process audits, and capability assessments under the guidance of senior team members.
• Help build and maintain should-cost models and cost-driver analyses for electronics and harnessing assemblies.
• Help develop and maintain DFx standards, guidelines, and scorecards specific to electronics manufacturing processes including SMT, wave/selective solder, conformal coating, potting, wire harness fabrication, and box-build assembly.
• Analyze designs across key lenses , manufacturability/assembly, cost structure, adherence to specification, process capability, and technology maturity , contributing to risk assessments that inform engineering and program decisions.
• Work with supply chain to understand how DFx requirements connect to sourcing strategy and supplier selection.
• Collaborate with quality engineering to understand how DFx findings translate into inspection plans, acceptance criteria, and supplier quality requirements.
• Spend time on the production floor and at supplier sites to build firsthand understanding of how electronics and harnesses are manufactured.
• Contribute to the DFx toolkit , templates, scoring rubrics, cost models, lessons-learned databases, and training materials.
• Travel to production sites, contract manufacturers, and supplier facilities (~20%, depending on business needs).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or a related role with exposure to electronics, avionics, wiring, or harnessing.
• Foundational knowledge of electronics and/or harnessing manufacturing processes: SMT, soldering, conformal coating, wire harness fabrication, or electromechanical assembly.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, PCB layouts, and harness drawings with an eye toward producibility.
• Interest in understanding manufacturing cost drivers and how design decisions impact unit cost.
• Familiarity with IPC standards (IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC-620) or a willingness to learn and apply them quickly.
• Strong communication skills and a willingness to engage directly with design engineers, manufacturing engineers, quality, supply chain, and operations , cross-functional collaboration is the core of this job, not a side task.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment across multiple programs simultaneously.
• A genuine interest in manufacturing and a drive to understand how things are actually built and what they cost to produce.
• An attitude of world-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication.
• Self-motivated and proactive , you take initiative, ask good questions, and close the loop on what you commit to.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering or a related field.
• Internship or co-op experience in aerospace or defense electronics manufacturing.
• Exposure to DFM/DFA review processes, producibility engineering, or cost analysis.
• Familiarity with AS9100 or similar quality management systems.
• Experience visiting or evaluating manufacturing suppliers in any capacity.
• Proficiency in ECAD tools (Altium, KiCad, or similar) sufficient to navigate and review designs.
• Experience with data analysis, cost modeling, or presentation development.
• Appropriate clearance classification.

Benefits At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.