Shieldai
Engineer I, PCB - New Grad (R6065)
Seattle, Washington. Posted a month ago
The role
This job is a PCB designer role at Shield AI. The person will create PCB layouts for aircraft and work with electrical, mechanical and manufacturing engineers.
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 manufacturing documentation, including Gerber/ODB++ files, fabrication and assembly notes and drawings.
- Work with manufacturing engineering to meet supplier DFM requirements.
Required qualifications
- BS in Engineering.
- Direct experience designing a PCB, from projects or professional exposure.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with IPC standards (IPC-2221/2222, IPC-7351, etc.)
- Familiarity with PCB materials, manufacturing process, and stack-up construction.
- Familiarity with controlled-impedance routing, differential pairs, length matching, and high-current power distribution.
- Familiarity with scripting and automation.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity (full-time regular employees)
- Temporary benefits package (applies after 60 days of employment for 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.