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DFM Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 35+ dfm jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include Arista Networks, Panthalassa, and Graphcore.

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best places to work 16

Updated August 24, 2026

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Mechanical Engineer

21d

AssetWatch · Remote · USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$117k – $140k

Lead Engineer – Mechanical Engineering

AV · Onsite · Germantown, MD, USA

61 · Good9 Day Fortnight$128k – $195k

Supplier Quality Engineer

Waabi · Onsite · Pittsburgh, PA, USA

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Manufacturing Engineer (NPI)

Waabi · Onsite · Pittsburgh, PA, USA

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Aircraft Liaison Engineer

General Atomics · Onsite · Spanish Fork, UT, USA

58 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Mechanical Design Engineer - Data Center Hardware

Arista Networks · Onsite · Santa Clara, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$120k – $180k

Senior PCB Design Engineer

24d

Cobham Ultra · Hybrid · Maidenhead, England, UK

69 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Electrical New Product Engineering (ENPIE)

Arista Networks · Onsite · Santa Clara, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$130k – $165k

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Arista Networks · Onsite · Nashua, NH, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

19d

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Northampton, PA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$117k – $217k

Senior Director of Build

26d

Helion · Onsite · Everett, WA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$249k – $291k

Advanced Manufacturing Program Manager

1mo

Sesame · Onsite · Taipei, Taiwan

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$4M – $5.5M

Manufacturing Test Engineering Manager

17d

Graphcore · Hybrid · Austin, TX, USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Staff Manufacturing Product Engineer

1mo

Graphcore · Hybrid · Bristol, UK

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Electrical Engineer

1mo

Graphcore · Onsite · Austin, TX, USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Senior PCB Systems Engineer

2mo

CHAOS Industries · Onsite · San Diego, CA, USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$120k – $170k

Sr. Propulsion Engineer

20d

Venus Aerospace · Onsite · Houston, TX, USA

54 · DecentUnlimited PTO

Senior Prototype Engineer

1mo

Panthalassa · Onsite · Portland, OR, USA

54 · DecentUnlimited PTO$125k – $165k

Sourcing Engineer, Fabrication

1mo

Panthalassa · Onsite · Portland, OR, USA

54 · DecentUnlimited PTO$110k – $160k

Senior Prototype Engineer, Welding

3mo

Panthalassa · Onsite · Portland, OR, USA

54 · DecentUnlimited PTO$100k – $175k

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Employers hiring for Dfm on this page include Arista Networks, Panthalassa, and Graphcore. Dfm roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Dfm is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Dfm roles span the full seniority range — we list 35 open roles requiring Dfm across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Dfm hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Dfm roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Dfm candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Dfm on current listings.

DFM Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 35+ dfm jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include Arista Networks, Panthalassa, and Graphcore.

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