Senior Staff Engineer, PCB Design (R5752)

Seattle, Washington. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will create PCB layouts for production aircraft hardware, from complex digital, analog, RF, high-speed and power electronics designs. You will work with electrical, mechanical and manufacturing engineers on stack-up design, constraints, drawings and manufacturing outputs.

What you will do

Create PCB layouts for complex digital, analog, RF, high-speed and power electronics designs.
Plan and manage PCB stack-ups with fabrication vendors and manufacturing engineers.
Interpret schematics, routing rules and design intent with electrical engineers.
Ensure board form factor, connector positioning and placement constraints with mechanical engineers.
Apply best practices for signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, impedance control, and thermal/EMI mitigation.
Conduct design reviews and implement feedback for manufacturability, reliability and compliance.
Generate and maintain Gerber/ODB++ files, fabrication and assembly notes and drawings.
Work with manufacturing engineering to meet supplier DFM requirements.

Required qualifications

10+ years of experience in PCB layout for production hardware (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Contingent on a cleared background

Nice to have

Solid understanding of IPC standards (IPC-2221/2222, IPC-7351, etc.)
Familiar with PCB materials, manufacturing process and stack-up construction
Familiarity with controlled-impedance routing, differential pairs, length matching and high-current power distribution
Experience with scripting and automation
Experience with Altium Designer
Experience using simulation tools to validate layout designs

Benefits

Bonus
Benefits
Equity (full-time regular employees)
Temporary benefits package, applicable after 60 days of employment (temporary employees)

Before you apply

All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.