Staff 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 Staff DFx Manufacturing Engineer to drive design-for-manufacturability, assembly, and testability across avionics, electronics, and harnessing subsystems.

As a Staff-level individual contributor, you will be the technical authority on DFx for electronics and avionics across AD&S.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the DFx process for avionics, electronics, and harnessing subsystems across AD&S programs, from concept through rate production.
• Lead structured DFM/DFA/DFT reviews at key design milestones, applying a rigorous scoring methodology to identify producibility risks and drive design changes before they become production problems.
• Embed with electrical and avionics design engineering teams to provide real-time manufacturing feedback on PCBA layout, component selection, connector and harnessing architecture, and test access.
• Work cross-functionally with supply chain, quality, operations, and design engineering on a daily basis , this role is the connective tissue between what gets designed and what gets built.
• 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 five key lenses , manufacturability/assembly, quality, adherence to specification, process capability, and technology maturity , to produce quantified risk assessments that inform engineering and program decisions.
• Champion testability early in the design cycle: define test point access, boundary scan requirements, functional test strategies, and fixtures needed for production-rate acceptance testing.
• Partner with quality engineering to ensure DFx findings flow into inspection plans, acceptance criteria, and process control strategies.
• Collaborate with supply chain and sourcing teams to assess supplier manufacturing capability, support make-vs-buy decisions, and ensure external production meets DFx requirements.
• Close the loop between production floor feedback and upstream design improvements by working directly with operations and production engineering teams.
• Build and evolve the DFx toolkit , templates, scoring rubrics, lessons-learned databases, and training materials , so that DFx knowledge scales beyond any single person.
• Mentor and develop junior and mid-level manufacturing engineers on DFx principles and review techniques.
• Travel to production sites, suppliers, and partner facilities as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or producibility engineering with a significant focus on electronics, avionics, or electromechanical assemblies.
• Deep working knowledge of electronics manufacturing processes: SMT placement and reflow, wave and selective soldering, conformal coating, potting and encapsulation, cable and harness fabrication, and electromechanical box-build.
• Demonstrated experience leading DFM/DFA/DFT reviews and translating findings into measurable design improvements.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally across design engineering, supply chain, quality, and operations , and to be effective without positional authority.
• Ability to read and critically evaluate electrical schematics, PCB layouts, harness drawings, and mechanical packaging for producibility.
• Strong command of IPC standards (IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC-620, IPC-6012) and their application to design and process decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present DFx findings to engineering leadership and drive alignment on design changes.
• Comfortable working across multiple programs simultaneously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Personal experience physically building or reworking electronic assemblies (soldering, harness build, test, debug).
• Hands-on credibility matters.
• 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.
• Experience in aerospace or defense electronics production, particularly with qualified or flight-critical hardware.
• Familiarity with AS9100/AS9102 quality management systems and First Article Inspection processes.
• Experience with PCBA insourcing or standing up electronics manufacturing lines (SMT, test, integration).
• Proficiency in ECAD tools (Altium, KiCad, or similar) sufficient to review designs independently.
• Background in Design of Experiments (DOE), statistical process control, or Six Sigma applied to electronics manufacturing.
• Experience developing automated or semi-automated test solutions for production electronics.
• Appropriate clearance classification.

Salary $166,000-$220,000 USD

Benefits Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.