Flight‑Ready PCB Layout Engineer

DoorDash; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 212,200 - 312,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer matching

16 weeks of paid parental leave

Wellness benefits

Job summary

DoorDash Labs is seeking a sole PCB Layout Engineer to own the electronics layout for our drone/aircraft hardware. You will take boards from schematic handoff through fabrication, assembly, and bring‑up, delivering flight‑ready hardware.

This high‑ownership role requires expert Altium skills, deep signal and power integrity understanding, and the ability to work cross‑functionally with EE, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to ship complex, high‑reliability boards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field, or equivalent hands‑on PCB layout experience.
• 8+ years of hands‑on PCB layout experience with shipped multi‑layer boards.
• Expert‑level proficiency in Altium Designer.
• Proven ability to own board layout end‑to‑end, from placement and routing through fabrication and assembly release.
• Strong command of signal integrity, power integrity, and controlled‑impedance design.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end PCB layout in Altium Designer — floorplanning, component placement, routing, and release to fabrication and assembly.
• Design dense, multi‑layer, controlled‑impedance boards that combine power/motor‑drive, RF/comms, and high‑speed digital on a single flight‑ready assembly.
• Optimize layouts for size, weight, and thermal constraints of airborne hardware while meeting signal‑ and power‑integrity requirements.
• Own DFM/DFA/DFT and produce complete fabrication and assembly packages — stackups, fab/assembly drawings, and Gerber/ODB++ outputs.
• Apply EMI/EMC‑aware layout and grounding strategies to meet reliability and regulatory requirements.
• Create and maintain footprint/component libraries and establish layout standards for a fast‑growing hardware program.
• Partner closely with EE, mechanical, power, reliability, and manufacturing teams, and support board bring‑up, debug, and rework.

Skills

Altium Designer

PCB layout

Signal integrity

Power integrity

RF/high-speed digital

DFM/IPC standards

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Creo

Job description

DoorDash Labs is seeking a sole PCB Layout Engineer to own the electronics layout for our drone/aircraft hardware. You will take boards from schematic handoff through fabrication, assembly, and bring‑up, delivering flight‑ready hardware.

This high‑ownership role requires expert Altium skills, deep signal and power integrity understanding, and the ability to work cross‑functionally with EE, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to ship complex, high‑reliability boards.