PCB Designer - High-Speed, RF & Power (Equity)

Shield AI; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a PCB Designer to create layouts that support our aircraft systems. You will work with electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to translate schematics into robust PCBA designs, covering stackup, constraints, and documentation.

You will collaborate on form factor integration and ensure manufacturability, reliability, and compliance with company standards through all design reviews and outputs.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering required.
• Direct experience designing a PCB, from projects or professional exposure.

Responsibilities

• Create PCB layouts for digital, analog, RF, high-speed, and power electronics designs.
• Plan PCB stack-ups with fabrication vendors and manufacturing engineers.
• Interpret schematics and routing rules with electrical engineers.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers for form factor, connectors, and constraints.
• Apply best practices for signal/power integrity, grounding, and thermal/EMI mitigation.
• Generate manufacturing docs: Gerber/ODB++ files, fabrication notes, and drawings.
• Ensure DFM compliance with manufacturing engineering.

Skills

PCB layout design

Schematic interpretation

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Thermal/EMI mitigation

Scripting/Automation

Education

BS in Engineering

Tools

Gerber/ODB++

ECAD software

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a PCB Designer to create layouts that support our aircraft systems. You will work with electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to translate schematics into robust PCBA designs, covering stackup, constraints, and documentation.

You will collaborate on form factor integration and ensure manufacturability, reliability, and compliance with company standards through all design reviews and outputs.