Staff PCB Design Engineer

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Benefits package

Health coverage

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking an experienced PCB Design Engineer to create reliable, manufacturable PCB layouts for advanced defense products. You will work with engineers to implement high‑speed digital, RF, and power designs, and lead guidelines for DFM/ DFA across multiple concurrent projects.

The role requires 7+ years in PCB design, Altium familiarity, and the ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of professional PCB design experience.
• Ability to read schematics and apply IPC rules.
• Experience with Altium Designer; Allegro a plus.
• Experience with high density, multi-layer, RF, HDI boards.
• Eligible for and able to obtain US Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Produce PCB designs for Anduril’s products.
• Apply design standards for manufacturability and assembly.
• Implement high-speed digital, analog, RF, and power designs.
• Lead design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly guidelines.
• Develop and refine PCB design processes and libraries.
• Coordinate external PCB design resources during surges.
• Work in a fast-paced environment across multiple projects.

Skills

PCB design

Schematic reading

High‑speed routing

HDI boards

Communication with fabs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Allegro

Library management tools

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.

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.
• Lead the team in establishing internal guidelines for design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), and overall quality fabrication and assembly outputs.
• Develop 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

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or similar and 7+ years of professional experience in PCB design.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and apply best practices appropriate for each design.
• 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 (Allegro is a plus).
• Experience with developing component libraries and library management.
• Excellent communication skills with multiple fab houses (ensuring boards are built to print).
• Excellent communication skills with multiple assembly houses (ensuring boards are built to BOM).
• 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).
• Experience with high speed digital interfaces and controlled impedance routing requirements like USB, PCIe, Ethernet, SERDES, and DDR memory.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with RF board design.
• Experience with high-pin count packages (FPGA fanout).
• Familiar with basic signal and power integrity rules (how they affect layout).

US Salary Range

$191,000-253,000 USD

Benefits

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:

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.