Senior Pcb Layout Designer, Intelligence Systems

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Reston, VA · AFS : Intelligence Systems Engineering : Software - Intelligence Systems

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Senior PCB Layout Designer to join their Intelligence Systems team. The role involves full-cycle PCB design, including schematic design, component selection, layout, and integration, supporting various products with high-speed digital, analog, RF, and high-power designs. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with PCB design standards, fabrication processes, and CAD tools like Altium Designer, and will work in a fast-paced environment to deliver high-reliability assemblies for national security requirements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work directly with engineers to produce printed circuit board designs supporting Anduril’s products
  2. Apply modern design standards and guidelines to create high-reliability, highly manufacturable assemblies
  3. Implement combinations of high-speed digital, precision analog, RF, and high-power designs
  4. Assist the team in establishing internal guidelines for design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), and overall quality fabrication and assembly outputs
  5. Aid and refine team processes for PCB design, part creation, and library/database standards

Skills

Required

  • Associates degree in electrical engineering or similar
  • 5+ years of professional experience in PCB Layout design
  • Ability to read and interpret schematics
  • Ability to determine work priorities
  • Expertise in applying relevant IPC standards
  • Expertise in PCB fabrication processes, limitations, design rules, and best practice
  • Experience using Altium Designer CAD tools
  • Experience with developing component libraries and library management
  • Ability to work in team environment
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience with a variety of board types, including high density and high layer count (greater than 16) digital designs, power electronics, flex circuits, and RF circuits
  • Experience with HDI (high density interconnect) and thicker boards (greater than 1.6mm)
  • Familiar with basic signal and power integrity rules
  • Experience with high-speed digital interfaces and controlled impedance routing requirements like USB, PCIe, Ethernet
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Nice to have

  • CID, CID+ certification
  • Experience with Dense high-pin count packages (FPGA fanout)
  • Experience designing with high-speed digital interfaces, SERDES, and DDR memory structures
  • Experience designing with SoC FPGA’s
  • Experience designing with Siemens Xpedition or Cadence Allegro ECAD Tools
  • Deep Understanding and experience use of Sequential Lam Structures
  • Experience designing in Air-Gapped Network Environments

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of professional experience in PCB Layout design
  • Expertise in applying relevant IPC standards, CID, CID+ certification
  • Expertise in PCB fabrication processes, limitations, design rules, and best practice
  • Experience using Altium Designer CAD tools
  • Experience with developing component libraries and library management
  • Experience with a variety of board types, including high density and high layer count (greater than 16) digital designs, power electronics, flex circuits, and RF circuits
  • Experience with HDI (high density interconnect) and thicker boards (greater than 1.6mm)
  • Familiar with basic signal and power integrity rules (how they affect layout)
  • Experience with high-speed digital interfaces and controlled impedance routing requirements like USB, PCIe, Ethernet
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance