Senior DFx Manufacturing Engineer, Avionics & Electronics

The role

This person will drive design for manufacturability, assembly, and cost across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing subsystems. They will work with design and manufacturing engineers to evaluate producibility and support the selection of contract manufacturers.

What you will do

• Execute DFx analysis across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing subsystems.
• Lead DFM/DFA/DFC reviews at key design milestones.
• Work with manufacturing and design engineers to evaluate designs and support design trades.
• Support selection and qualification of contract manufacturers.
• Participate in supplier manufacturing assessments including facility reviews and audits.
• Contribute to should-cost models and cost-driver analyses.
• Develop and maintain DFx standards, guidelines, and scorecards.
• Analyze designs for manufacturability, cost, and technology maturity.
• Partner with supply chain to align DFx requirements with sourcing strategy.
• Collaborate with quality engineering to ensure findings flow into inspection plans.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field, OR equivalent full-time, relevant industry experience.
• 8+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, producibility engineering, or DFx with a focus on electronics, avionics, wiring, or harnessing.
• Specialty expertise in at least one of these domains: avionics, wire harnessing, electronics (PCBA), or electrical systems.
• Strong working knowledge of electronics and/or harnessing manufacturing processes: SMT placement and reflow, wave and selective soldering, conformal coating, potting and encapsulation, wire harness fa
• Experience participating in or leading DFM/DFA reviews.
• Experience supporting contract manufacturer evaluations.
• Understanding of cost drivers in electronics and harnessing production.
• Ability to read and evaluate electrical schematics, PCB layouts, harness drawings, and mechanical packaging.
• Working knowledge of IPC standards (IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, IPC-620, IPC-6012).
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work across multiple programs in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Specialty expertise in two or more of: avionics, PCBA/electronics, wire harnessing, electrical systems.
• Experience in aerospace or defense electronics production.
• Familiarity with AS9100/AS9102 quality management systems and First Article Inspection processes.
• Experience with PCBA insourcing or standing up electronics manufacturing lines.
• Proficiency in ECAD tools (Altium, KiCad, or similar).
• Background in Design of Experiments (DOE), statistical process control, or Six Sigma.
• Experience with value engineering or formal cost reduction programs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening.

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.