Hardware Engineer, PCB Layout

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Staff PCB Layout Engineer to drive the design and delivery of complex boards for data center hardware. You will define layout architecture, support high-speed interfaces, and collaborate across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain to ensure performance and reliability at scale.

You will lead post-layout verification, drive manufacturability reviews, and shape standards adopted across infrastructure programs, with an emphasis on SDI/PI and advanced EDA tooling.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of PCB layout experience for high-speed digital systems.
• Experience with Cadence Allegro or Mentor Xpedition.
• Define stack-up, impedance control, and constraints for high-layer-count boards.
• Lead PCB layout efforts across the full product development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Define PCB layout architecture and floorplanning for complex boards.
• Establish design rules, constraints, and guidelines for high-speed interfaces (PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, SerDes).
• Lead SI/PI analysis and translate results into layout decisions.
• Drive DFM reviews with contract manufacturers to meet yield and cost targets.
• Define and maintain organization-wide PCB layout standards and templates.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers on packaging, thermal, and enclosure integration.
• Provide technical guidance to other layout engineers across programs.
• Partner with supply chain to evaluate alternative components and footprints.
• Lead post-layout verification (DRC, ERC) and pre-production bring-up support.
• Evaluate and introduce new EDA tooling and fabrication tech to improve quality and cycle time.

Skills

PCB layout

High-speed interfaces

SI/PI collaboration

Lifecycle leadership

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Mentor Xpedition

Job description

Meta is seeking a Staff PCB Layout Engineer to drive the design and delivery of complex printed circuit boards for large-scale infrastructure hardware. In this role, you will define layout architecture and establish engineering standards for high-speed digital, power delivery, and signal integrity-critical designs that power Meta's data center and infrastructure platforms. You will partner with electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, and manufacturing teams to shape board-level design strategy from concept through mass production, ensuring reliability and performance at scale.

Hardware Engineer, PCB Layout Responsibilities:

• Define PCB layout architecture and floorplanning strategies for complex, high-layer-count boards used in infrastructure and data center hardware
• Establish and own PCB design rules, constraints, and layout guidelines for high-speed interfaces including PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, and SerDes
• Lead signal integrity and power integrity analysis in collaboration with electrical engineering teams, driving layout decisions based on simulation results
• Drive design-for-manufacturability reviews with contract manufacturers and PCB fabricators to ensure yield, reliability, and cost targets are met
• Define and maintain organization-wide PCB layout standards, templates, and best practices adopted across infrastructure hardware programs
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers to resolve board-level packaging constraints, thermal management requirements, and enclosure integration challenges
• Provide technical guidance to other layout engineers across multiple concurrent infrastructure hardware programs
• Partner with supply chain and component engineering teams to evaluate and qualify alternative components and footprints
• Lead post-layout verification activities including design rule checks, electrical rule checks, and pre-production board bring-up support
• Evaluate and introduce new EDA tooling, layout methodologies, and fabrication technologies to improve design quality and cycle time

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in PCB layout design for high-speed digital systems, including boards with DDR, PCIe, or high-speed SerDes interfaces
• 8+ years of experience with industry-standard EDA layout tools such as Cadence Allegro, Mentor Xpedition, or equivalent
• Experience defining PCB stack-up configurations, impedance control strategies, and design rule constraints for high-layer-count boards
• Experience collaborating with signal integrity and power integrity teams to translate simulation results into layout implementation decisionsExperience leading PCB layout efforts across the full product development lifecycle from schematic capture through manufacturing release

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing PCBs for data center infrastructure hardware including server, storage, or networking platforms
• Experience with high-speed (100Gbps+) signal interfaces
• Experience establishing layout centers of excellence or defining team-wide PCB design standards across multiple concurrent programs
• Experience with complex designs using custom ASICs

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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$173,000/year to $245,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.