PCB Designer

About the role

As a PCB designer on the hardware team, you will own the design and manufacture of highly integrated RF devices used by a surging wave of space customers. You will work with a small team of software, hardware, and FPGA engineers to shepherd the product from initial design to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own PCB placement, routing, review, and manufacturing release.
• Design multilayer RF, mixed-signal, high-speed digital, and power boards.
• Define stackups, controlled impedances, routing constraints, and via structures.
• Create and maintain Altium symbols, footprints, and component libraries.
• Generate fabrication and assembly documentation.
• Work with fabricators and contract manufacturers to resolve DFM and production issues.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional PCB layout experience.
• Strong proficiency with Altium Designer.
• Experience with RF and microwave layouts, including controlled-impedance transmission lines, matching networks, RF isolation, ground stitching, via fencing, and shielding.
• Understanding of grounding, return paths, signal integrity, EMI/EMC, and power distribution.
• Knowledge of PCB fabrication, SMT assembly, and DFM/DFA principles.
• Ability to read schematics, datasheets, and mechanical drawings.

Skills

Desired Skills

• Experience with FPGA or RFSoC systems, DDR memory, PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204, high-speed SerDes, ADCs, DACs, PLLs, and precision clock distribution.
• Experience with HDI, microvias, via-in-pad, or backdrilling.
• Experience with Ansys SIwave, HyperLynx, Sigrity, or similar PCB analysis tools.
• Experience with Altium 365, managed libraries, component lifecycle management, release workflows, and version control.
• Aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability electronics experience.
• Understanding of IPC Class 3 requirements.

We care more about demonstrated ownership and sound design judgment than checking every preferred qualification. Please apply even if your experience does not match every item listed.

Eligibility

In order to comply with the space technology export rules of the U.S. Government, such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), it is necessary to be a U.S. citizen, a lawful U.S. permanent resident, a protected individual as specified by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or possess eligibility to secure the necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.