Staff PCB Design Engineer/Layout Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for an Staff PCB Designer / Staff Layout Engineer to join our rapidly growing 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. If you are someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment supporting new developments, active deployments, and customer operated hardware, we are looking for you.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience with PCB layout
• 5+ years of experience with Altium
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, apply best practices appropriate for each design, and push back on schematic or architectural decisions that create layout, manufacturability, or integrity risk
• Deep understanding of PCB fabrication and assembly processes, limitations, design rules, and best practices
• Working knowledge of signal and power integrity principles
• 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, and stackups greater than 12 layers
• Demonstrated technical leadership: serving as lead designer on complex or multi-board programs, setting and documenting layout constraints, conducting design reviews, and mentoring less experienced designers
• Ability to manage layout scope, schedule, and risk across concurrent programs while collaborating with electrical, mechanical, and program teams
• Eligible for security clearance

Nice To Haves

• CID+, CID++ and/or PCEA-CPCD certification
• Working experience applying MIL-STD and IPC standards, including IPC-2221/2222, IPC-6012 Class 3, and 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 or automation, Altium 365/Concord Pro, and 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 for a team
• Thriving in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or similar

Responsibilities

• Create test systems for development, qualification, verification, and validation purposes.
• Serve as lead designer on complex or multi-board programs.
• Set and document layout constraints.
• Conduct design reviews.
• Mentor less experienced designers.
• Manage layout scope, schedule, and risk across concurrent programs.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and program teams.
• Own ECAD libraries and library standards — footprint creation and verification, IPC compliance, and governance across multiple designers.
• Define and validate stackups with fabricators.
• Interpret SI/PI simulation results and translate them into layout constraints.
• Perform high speed digital layout and controlled impedance routing — DDR, PCIe, SerDes, Ethernet, USB — including length/skew matching, differential pair routing, and return path management.
• Handle high density designs: fine-pitch BGA fanout, HDI/microvia construction, and stackups greater than 12 layers.
• Engage with fab and assembly vendors through NPI for DFM/DFA.
• Introduce or improve ECAD process, design standards, or documentation practices for a team.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior