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Staff DFx Manufacturing Engineer, Avionics & Electronics

Anduril· Manufacturing : Manufacturing
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Costa Mesa, CA$166k - $220kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Staff-level DFx Manufacturing Engineer role focused on design-for-manufacturability, assembly, and testability for avionics, electronics, and harnessing subsystems across Anduril's AD&S program portfolio, including autonomous aircraft, cruise missiles, and loitering munitions.

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 (<10%).

Qualifications

  • 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. A Master’s Degree can replace 2 years of work experience.
  • 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.

Skills

Required:DFx (Design-for-X)

Benefits

  • Benefits package included (health, recovery, and related support) as part of total compensation.
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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