Senior DFx Engineer: Electronics & Avionics Manufacturing

Hardware FYI; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior DFx Engineer within its Air Dominance & Strike Manufacturing Engineering team to drive design for manufacturability, assembly, and cost across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing. The role collaborates with SME manufacturing and design engineers to improve producibility and supplier readiness.

Responsibilities include DFx analyses, leading design reviews, and developing cost models while partnering with supply chain and quality.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in manufacturing engineering, producibility engineering, or DFx with focus on electronics/avionics/harnessing
• Experience translating DFx findings into cost-reducing design changes
• Experience evaluating contract manufacturers and supplier capabilities

Responsibilities

• Perform DFx analysis across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing with focus on manufacturability, assembly, and cost
• Lead and participate in DFM/ DFA/ DFC reviews at design milestones
• Collaborate with manufacturing, design, supply chain, and quality teams to drive producibility and cost improvements
• Develop and maintain DFx standards, guidelines, and scorecards for electronics manufacturing processes
• Support selection and qualification of contract manufacturers and evaluate supplier capabilities
• Travel to production sites and supplier facilities (~20%)

Skills

DFx engineering

Electronics

Avionics

Harnessing

DFx reviews

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

ECAD tools (Altium, KiCad)

IPC standards knowledge (IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC-620, IPC-6012)

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior DFx Engineer within its Air Dominance & Strike Manufacturing Engineering team to drive design for manufacturability, assembly, and cost across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing. The role collaborates with SME manufacturing and design engineers to improve producibility and supplier readiness.

Responsibilities include DFx analyses, leading design reviews, and developing cost models while partnering with supply chain and quality.