# Senior Design Engineer, DFM / DFA

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Senior Design Engineer, DFM/DFA, you will play a crucial role in designing and developing highly manufacturable hardware for Anduril's autonomous systems.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design for Scale: Apply DFM and DFA principles to maximize production throughput, reliability, and cost-efficiency.

- Multi-Discipline Mechanical Design: Design parts and complex assemblies using various manufacturing processes, including welded structures, precision CNC machining, injection-molded plastics, advanced composite manufacturing, and structural bonding.

- Drawing Definition & GD&T: Author, check, and release fully defined engineering drawing packages in accordance with ASME Y14.5 standards.

- Production Enablement: Develop detailed work instructions, process sheets, and assembly documentation for seamless production execution.

- Engineering Analysis: Perform comprehensive tolerance stack-up analyses, design reviews, and DFMEAs to mitigate manufacturing and assembly risks.

- Floor Collaboration: Work closely with Manufacturing, Tooling, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to troubleshoot issues and implement design iterations.

- Mentorship & Technical Leadership: Mentor junior hardware engineers in drawing standards, GD&T application, and manufacturing best practices.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.

- 7+ years of hands-on mechanical design experience with a focus on DFM and DFA.

- High proficiency with modern 3D CAD software (SolidWorks, NX, Creo) and associated PDM/PLM systems.

- Expert-level understanding of ASME Y14.5 (GD&T) for engineering drawings and tolerance stack-ups.

- Experience designing for complex weldments, precision machining, tooling, injection molding, composite structures, and structural bonding.

- Experience creating clear manufacturing documentation, process specifications, and assembly instructions.

- Must be eligible to obtain/maintain US Security Clearance.

Benefits: Anduril offers a comprehensive benefits package, including top-tier benefits for full-time employees.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
- Design for Assembly (DFA)
- ASME Y14.5 (GD&T)
- 3D CAD software (SolidWorks, NX, Creo)
- PDM/PLM systems
- Composite structures
- Structural bonding
- Precision machining
- Injection molding

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