Senior DFx Engineer – Avionics & Harnessing

XYZ Venture Capital; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology leader in Costa Mesa, CA, seeks a Senior DFx Engineer to drive manufacturability, assembly, and cost across avionics and harnessing. You will qualify contract manufacturers and work with design teams to ensure producible, affordable hardware.

You will analyze DFx across SMT, soldering, coating, and box-build, while collaborating with sourcing, quality, and programs. This role requires hands‑on credibility and multi‑program delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Manufacturing, or related engineering field.
• 8+ years in manufacturing or DFx with electronics/avionics focus.
• Experience leading DFM/ DFA reviews and translating findings into cost reductions.
• Knowledge of SMT placement and reflow, wave soldering, conformal coating, potting, and harness fabrication.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, PCB layouts, harness drawings, and mechanical packaging for producibility and cost impact.
• Familiarity with IPC standards and supplier qualification decisions.

Responsibilities

• Execute DFx analysis across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing subsystems with focus on manufacturability, assembly, and cost.
• Lead structured DFM/ DFA/ DFC reviews at key milestones and identify producibility risks that drive design changes.
• Collaborate with SME engineers to translate manufacturing constraints into actionable feedback and balancing performance/cost.
• Support selection and qualification of contract manufacturers, assessing capability and cost competitiveness against DFx requirements.
• Participate in supplier manufacturing assessments including facility reviews and process capability evaluations.
• Contribute to should-cost models and cost-driver analyses for electronics and harnessing assemblies to reduce unit cost.
• Develop and maintain DFx standards, guidelines, and scorecards for electronics manufacturing processes.
• Analyze designs across manufacturability, cost, specification adherence, and technology maturity to inform risk assessments.
• Partner with supply chain to align DFx requirements with sourcing strategy.

Skills

DFx Engineering

Electronics

Avionics

Manufacturing Engineering

Cost Reduction

Supplier Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ECAD Tools (Altium/KiCad)

Job description

Anduril Industries, a defense technology leader in Costa Mesa, CA, seeks a Senior DFx Engineer to drive manufacturability, assembly, and cost across avionics and harnessing. You will qualify contract manufacturers and work with design teams to ensure producible, affordable hardware.

You will analyze DFx across SMT, soldering, coating, and box-build, while collaborating with sourcing, quality, and programs. This role requires hands‑on credibility and multi‑program delivery.