Senior Electronics Engineer — PCB Design & Bring-Up

The role

You will design and bring up PCBs that power compute and sensor platforms onboard UAVs. You will work from schematic capture through layout and release to create flight-ready hardware.

What you will do

• Designing multi-layer, high-density PCBs from schematic capture through layout and release.
• Routing high-speed digital buses with proper impedance control and length matching.
• Designing DC power systems for onboard UAV compute and sensor platforms.
• Bringing up new boards by debugging schematics and circuits.
• Chasing down electrical issues on the bench.
• Flashing firmware to validate hardware.
• Setting technical direction for PCB design and bring-up across the hardware team.
• Owning hardware from prototype through to a field-ready product.

Required qualifications

• Senior-level PCB design experience.
• Deep experience with multi-layer PCB design and stack-up planning.
• Proven high-speed digital routing experience: PCIe (Gen3/Gen4), MIPI CSI/DSI, USB 3.x.
• Experience with DC power filtering and EMI mitigation for battery-powered systems.
• Hands-on PCB bring-up experience: schematic and circuit debugging, bench-level fault-finding, and flashing firmware.
• Proficiency in Altium and/or KiCad, plus a circuit simulation tool.
• A portfolio of PCB projects you've designed and brought up yourself.
• A willingness to pick up and learn new concepts quickly and to self-acquire missing background knowledge.
• A high degree of autonomy, determination and grit in making cool tech work.

Nice to have

• Experience designing PCBs for RF/communications or radar applications, ideally with CST Studio Suite or similar EM simulation tools
• Experience with SBC/embedded carrier boards (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson, Rockchip) and camera/sensor interfacing (MIPI CSI cabling, I²C buses)

Benefits

• Money of course.
• 25 vacation days per year.
• Reimbursed travel expenses
• Company laptop
• Flexible working hours
• Large freedom in how you work and implement solutions
• Opportunity to take technical risks

Before you apply

• WE CANNOT PROVIDE VISA SPONSORSHIP
• Send a portfolio of PCB projects you've designed and brought up along with a resume, website, or other source.

About the company

Fiducial is a fast-growing deep-tech start-up specializing in 3D vision and graphics technologies for autonomy, perception, and defence. The team is located in the Aerospace Innovation Hub on the TU Delft campus.