Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Eagle Eye, PCBA

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril’s Manufacturing team is seeking a Staff Manufacturing Engineer to join our team, focusing on PCBA. The Eagle Eye Manufacturing Team is responsible for rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge defense hardware for the Warfighter. This responsibility includes everything in the manufacturing value-chain, including, but not limited to, Design for Manufacturability work, tool design & selection, process creation & optimization, vendor sourcing & interaction, quality planning, and work documentation associated with the hardware that the Manufacturing Engineer owns.

The right person for this role can demonstrate past holistic ownership on solving a technical challenge with a creative, physical solution that they either personally manufactured or oversaw manufacturing on, in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment. If you are someone who thrives in such an environment, then this role is for you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Leverage expertise in New Product Introduction (NPI) to seamlessly transition electromechanical products from prototype to high-volume production, optimizing manufacturability and supply chain scalability
• Collaborate with Design Engineering teams early in the development process to feedback Design For Manufacturability
• Develop and maintain PCBA workmanship standards, process parameters, and design rules aligned to evolving product and technology roadmaps
• Establish scalable DFM frameworks that enable consistent execution across multiple products, sites, and manufacturing partners
• Lead technical verification of quick turn and volume PCBA vendor capabilities, including SMT, advanced packaging, underfill, edge bond, and specialty processes
• Ensure ongoing compliance with approved manufacturing processes, materials, and quality targets at subcontractors
• Mentor and lead a high performing team of PCBA DFM engineers and technical leads

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in a technical field preferred such as engineering, math, or a hard science
• 7+ years of experience in a relevant field, manufacturing or design in PCBA and SMT processes, advanced packaging
• Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment
• Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples
• Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.), work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus
• Willingness to travel frequently (>25%) to support global manufacturing operations
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Hands-on experience with R/C and/or autonomous flight vehicles, flight controllers, or other related control systems
• Software scripting experience in any language
• Strong background in material science, electronics packaging and reliability engineering