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Salary: USD 168,000 - 272,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Staff PCB Design Engineer to join the Air Dominance and Strike team in Costa Mesa, CA. In this role, you will work closely with avionics, system, and software engineers to create test systems for development, qualification, verification, and validation purposes. You will serve as a technical leader on complex, multi-board programs, setting layout constraints, conducting design reviews, and mentoring less experienced designers. You will manage layout scope, schedule, and risk across concurrent programs while collaborating with electrical, mechanical, and program teams.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning PCB layout for high-complexity, high-density designs with expert-level execution
- Applying signal and power integrity principles to layout constraints
- Managing ECAD libraries and standards across multiple designers
- Engaging with fabricators and assembly vendors on design for manufacturability (DFM/DFA)
- Interpreting schematics and pushing back on architectural decisions that create risk
- Leading design reviews and establishing best practices
- Supporting fast-paced development cycles and active deployments
Required Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience with PCB layout
- 5+ years of experience with Altium
- Ability to read and interpret schematics and apply best practices appropriate for each design
- Deep understanding of PCB fabrication and assembly processes, limitations, design rules, and best practices; ability to define and validate stackups with fabricators
- Experience owning ECAD libraries and library standards (footprint creation, verification, IPC compliance, governance)
- Working knowledge of signal and power integrity principles, including ability to interpret SI/PI simulation results
- Expert-level high-speed digital layout and controlled impedance routing (DDR, PCIe, SerDes, Ethernet, USB), including length/skew matching, differential pair routing, and return path management
- Experience with high-density designs: fine-pitch BGA fanout, HDI/microvia construction, stackups greater than 12 layers
- Demonstrated technical leadership serving as lead designer on complex or multi-board programs
- Ability to manage layout scope, schedule, and risk across concurrent programs
- Eligible for security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- CID+, CID++, and/or PCEA-CPCD certification
- Working experience applying MIL-STD and IPC standards (IPC-2221/2222, IPC-6012 Class 3, IPC-A-610)
- Experience with rigid-flex, RF/mixed-signal, and thermally constrained designs
- Experience designing and analyzing power distribution networks using SI/PI tools (HyperLynx, Ansys SIwave, Cadence Sigrity, or equivalent)
- Advanced Altium proficiency: constraint/rule management, scripting/automation, Altium 365/Concord Pro, version-controlled design data
- Experience leading DFM/DFA engagement with fab and assembly vendors through NPI
- Experience introducing or improving ECAD process, design standards, or documentation practices
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or similar
