Staff DFx Engineer, Mechanical & Fluid SystemsPosted today$220K

Anduril Industries
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The opportunity

Anduril's Air Dominance & Strike (AD&S) Manufacturing Engineering team is seeking a Staff DFx Engineer to serve as the technical authority on design for manufacturability, assembly, and cost across our mechanical, structural, thermal management, and fluid systems (fuel,…

What you'll do

  • Own and drive DFx analysis across mechanical, structural, thermal, and fluid: systems subsystems for AD&S programs, with a primary focus on manufacturability, assembly, and cost.

  • Lead structured DFM/DFA/DFC reviews at key design milestones, applying: rigorous scoring to identify producibility and cost risks and drive design changes before they reach production.

  • Lead/facilitate DFMEAs with cross-functional teams. Use FMEA outputs to drive: design changes, inspection strategies, and control plans.

  • Work directly with SME manufacturing engineers and design engineers to: evaluate designs, translate manufacturing constraints into actionable feedback, and negotiate design trades that balance performance, producibility, and cost.

  • Assist in the selection and qualification of contract manufacturers for: machined components, fabrications, composite structures, thermal management hardware, and fluid system assemblies — assessing supplier manufacturing capability, process maturity, and cost competitiveness against DFx requirements.

  • Conduct supplier manufacturing assessments including facility reviews,: process audits, and capability evaluations to determine readiness for production qualification.

What they're looking for

  • Master's degree in engineering or a related field.
  • Deep specialty expertise in two or more of: mechanical structures, thermal/heat transfer systems, fuel systems, hydraulic systems.
  • Experience in aerospace or defense mechanical production, particularly with: qualified or flight-critical hardware.
  • Familiarity with AS9100/AS9102 quality management systems and First Article Inspection processes.
  • Experience with composite manufacturing (autoclave cure, out-of-autoclave,: RTM) and associated DFM considerations.
  • Proficiency in CAD software (NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, or similar) sufficient to review designs independently.
  • Background in Design of Experiments (DOE), statistical process control, or: Six Sigma applied to mechanical manufacturing.
  • Experience with value engineering or formal cost reduction programs in a production environment.