High-Speed PCB Design Engineer for Defense Tech

6 Degrees Search; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive medical, dental, and VIs

401(k) retirement plan with company”

Paid time off & holidays

Professional development

Access to leading defense/RF projects

Global engineering collaboration

Job summary

6 Degrees Search is seeking a PCB Design Engineer in Austin, TX, to design complex, high-density multilayer PCBs for rugged embedded computing platforms used in defense and industrial applications.

You will work with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, systems, and test engineers to translate concepts into manufacturable layouts, while optimizing SI/PI, manufacturability, and reliability across the full product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Expertise designing complex high-density multilayer PCBs for aerospace, defense, networking, telecommunications, embedded computing, automotive, or other high-performance electronic products.
• 2+ years of professional PCB layout experience using enterprise-class PCB design tools, with Siemens Mentor Xpedition strongly preferred.
• Extensive experience with Mentor Xpedition Layout, DxDesigner, and associated design libraries and constraint management tools.
• Proven experience translating electrical schematics into manufacturable PCB layouts while collaborating closely with hardware engineers.
• Strong background designing high-speed digital PCBs utilizing DDR4 / DDR5, PCI Express Gen4/Gen5, Gigabit Ethernet, and related high-speed interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop sophisticated multilayer PCBs that support advanced embedded computing platforms.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, systems, and test engineers to transform concepts into manufacturable layouts.
• Optimize signal integrity, power integrity, manufacturability, and overall product reliability.
• Participate in the full product development lifecycle from architecture discussions to production support.
• Utilize latest PCB technologies and industry-leading design tools to solve complex routing challenges.

Skills

Multilayer PCBs

Signal Integrity

High-speed routing

BGA/QFN layouts

HDI technologies

DFM/DFT knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Mentor Xpedition

DxDesigner

Job description

6 Degrees Search is seeking a PCB Design Engineer in Austin, TX, to design complex, high-density multilayer PCBs for rugged embedded computing platforms used in defense and industrial applications.

You will work with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, systems, and test engineers to translate concepts into manufacturable layouts, while optimizing SI/PI, manufacturability, and reliability across the full product lifecycle.