Senior PCB Designer

Pacific Defense

. Collaborate with digital design engineers during parts placement and signal routing to ensure PCB design meets all requirements .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesSenior💰 $174,072 - $203,500 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in PCB layout and routing, particularly with high-speed digital and mixed-signal designs. Proficient in managing design processes, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with IPC standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

10+ Years PCB Layout ExperienceAllegro PCB Design SoftwareHigh-Speed Digital DesignIPC ComplianceSchematic Symbol Creation

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Hard Skills

PCB LayoutSignal RoutingHigh-Speed Memory InterfacesControlled-Impedance Transmission LinesDesigning 16+ Layer BoardsCreating Standard ProcessesDocumenting PCB Design ProcessesFootprint ManagementMixed-Signal PCB DesignThermal Requirements Analysis

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsCollaboration

Industry Keywords

U.S. CitizenshipRelevant Industry ExperienceBS in Electrical EngineeringComputer Aided Drafting & Design

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with digital design engineers during parts placement and signal routing to ensure PCB design meets all requirements
Collaborate with mechanical design engineers to ensure mechanical integrity and thermal requirements are met
Work closely with PCB design contractors to ensure design processes and deliverables are met
Work closely with PCB fabrication houses to ensure PCB design requirements are met and resolve issues during fabrication
Work closely with contract assembly houses to clarify design requirements and resolve issues before and during PCB assembly
Manage a centralized library of footprints to ensure consistency and reliability
Lead design reviews of internal and external PCB layouts

Requirements

What you’ll need

U.S. citizenship is required
10+ years of PCB layout and routing experience with Allegro preferred
10+ years designing high-speed digital and mixed-signal PCBs from schematic netlists generated by other design engineers
Experience designing with high-speed digital rates greater than 10 Gbps and greater than 6 GHz
Experience designing with high-speed memory interfaces such as DDR4
Experience designing boards with 16+ layers using buried and blind vias
Experience with controlled-impedance transmission lines, including single-ended and differential stripline, microstrip, and coplanar waveguide
Experience creating and documenting standard processes to build symbols and footprints (decals), and ensuring processes are followed
Experience creating and maintaining schematic symbols and PCB footprints for the entire hardware design group
May require leading a junior designer to help create and check new footprints
Experience designing to meet IPC requirements
Experience creating and documenting PCB design processes for internal use and contract PCB designers, and ensuring processes are followed
Experience working closely with contract PCB designers to ensure design processes are followed and deliverables meet standard requirements
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Relevant industry experience required
BS or Associate’s Degree in EE/CE/CS or Computer Aided Drafting & Design preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediately vested 401K match
100% coverage options for the employee and 75% coverage for dependents’ medical, dental, vision, and life insurance premiums
Flexible spending account for incidental health care expenses
Generous paid time off
Federal holidays