Staff DFx Mfg Engineer Avionics & Electronics

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Staff DFx Manufacturing Engineer to drive design-for-manufacturability across avionics and electronics. You will embed with design teams to ensure producibility from concept through rate production.

You will mentor engineers, develop DFx standards, and collaborate with supply chain, quality, and operations to deliver reliable, affordable hardware at scale.

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 focus on electronics, avionics, or electromechanical assemblies.
• Master’s Degree can replace 2 years of work experience.
• Deep knowledge of electronics manufacturing processes: SMT, wave/reflow soldering, conformal coating, potting, cable/harness fabrication, box-build.
• Experience leading DFM/DFA/DFT reviews and translating findings into design improvements.
• Cross-functional collaboration across design engineering, supply chain, quality, and operations.
• Ability to read electrical schematics, PCB layouts, harness drawings, and mechanical packaging for producibility.
• Strong IPC standards knowledge (IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC-620, IPC-6012).
• Excellent communication to present DFx findings to leadership.
• Comfortable working across multiple programs in a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on experience building/reworking electronic assemblies (soldering, harnessing, test).
• Must be a U.S. Person due to export control requirements.

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 milestones with a scoring methodology to identify producibility risks.
• Embed with electrical and avionics design teams to provide real-time manufacturing feedback on PCB layout, components, connectors, and test access.
• Work cross-functionally with supply chain, quality, operations, and design engineering daily.
• Develop and maintain DFx standards, guidelines, and scorecards for electronics manufacturing processes including SMT, wave solder, conformal coating, potting, harness fabrication, and box-build.
• Analyze designs across manufacturability, quality, specification adherence, process capability, and technology maturity to produce risk assessments.
• Champion testability early in design: define test point access, boundary scan, testing strategies, and fixtures.
• Partner with quality engineering to ensure DFx findings flow into inspection plans and process control.
• Collaborate with supply chain to assess supplier capability and make-vs-buy decisions.
• Close the loop between production feedback and upstream design improvements.
• Build and evolve the DFx toolkit: templates, rubrics, lessons-learned databases, training material.
• Mentor junior/mid-level engineers on DFx principles and review techniques.
• Travel to production sites, suppliers, and partner facilities as needed.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

DFx

Cross-functional collaboration

Electrical schematics reading

IPC standards knowledge

Hands-on soldering/assembly

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Master’s Degree can replace 2 years of experience

Tools

PCB ECAD tools

AS9100/AS9102 familiarity

Altium / KiCad

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Staff DFx Manufacturing Engineer to drive design-for-manufacturability across avionics and electronics. You will embed with design teams to ensure producibility from concept through rate production.

You will mentor engineers, develop DFx standards, and collaborate with supply chain, quality, and operations to deliver reliable, affordable hardware at scale.