PCB Layout Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Anduril Industries; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Reston, VA, is seeking a PCB Layout Designer to own full cycle PCB design from schematics to bring-up and integration with the system.

You will collaborate with engineers, apply IPC standards, manage libraries, and coordinate external PCB design resources to deliver high-density, RF, and power electronics boards.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in electrical engineering or equivalent with 5+ years of PCB Layout design experience.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and apply design best practices.
• Experience reading broad direction from management to set priorities.
• Expertise in IPC standards, CID, CID+ certifications.
• Experience with PCB fabrication processes and design rules.
• Proficiency with Altium Designer CAD tools and library development.
• Strong communication with fab houses to ensure boards print correctly.
• Experience with high-density boards (>16 layers), RF, and high-power designs.
• Familiar with signal and power integrity considerations and controlled impedance routing.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers to produce PCB designs that support Anduril products.
• Apply design standards to create high-reliability, manufacturable assemblies.
• Implement high-speed digital, precision analog, RF, and high-power designs.
• Help establish DFM/ DFA guidelines and quality fabrication outputs.
• Support library creation and standardization, and coordinate external PCB design resources.
• Work in a fast-paced environment juggling multiple projects and customers.

Skills

Schematic reading

PCB layout principles

Team collaboration

Prioritization

Signal integrity awareness

High-speed interfaces

Education

Associates degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Library management

Job description

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 Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a PCB Layout Designer to join our rapidly growing team in Reston, Virginia. In this role, you will be responsible for Full Cycle PCB design including collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug and integration with the system.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work directly with engineers to produce printed circuit board designs supporting Anduril’s products
• Apply modern design standards and guidelines to create high-reliability, highly manufacturable assemblies
• Implement combinations of high-speed digital, precision analog, RF, and high-power designs
• Assist the team in establishing internal guidelines for design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), and overall quality fabrication and assembly outputs
• Aid and refine team processes for PCB design, part creation, and library/database standards
• Coordinate external PCB design resources during design surges
• Work in a fast-paced environment, having to juggle multiple concurrent projects and customers

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Associates degree in electrical engineering or similar and 5+ years of professional experience in PCB Layout design
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and apply best practices appropriate for each design
• Ability to determine work priorities based on broad direction from management
• Expertise in applying relevant IPC standards, CID, CID+ certification
• Expertise in PCB fabrication processes, limitations, design rules, and best practice
• Experience using Altium Designer CAD tools
• Experience with developing component libraries and library management
• Ability to work in team environment, either taking direction or by giving direction to complete design quickly
• Excellent communication skills with multiple fab houses (ensuring boards are built to print)
• Experience with a variety of board types, including high density and high layer count (greater than 16) digital designs, power electronics, flex circuits, and RF circuits
• Experience with HDI (high density interconnect) and thicker boards (greater than 1.6mm)
• Familiar with basic signal and power integrity rules (how they affect layout)
• Experience with high-speed digital interfaces and controlled impedance routing requirements like USB, PCIe, Ethernet

Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Dense high-pin count packages (FPGA fanout).
• Experience designing with high-speed digital interfaces, SERDES, and DDR memory structures
• Experience designing with SoC FPGA’s
• Experience designing with Siemens Xpedition or Cadence Allegro ECAD Tools
• Deep Understanding and experience use of Sequential Lam Structures
• Experience designing in Air-Gapped Network Environments

US Salary Range

$129,000—$171,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril’s total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

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. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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