Principal RF PCB Materials & Process Engineer

Madrona Venture Labs; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSU

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HDHP/HSA

Virtual care

Employee assistance program

Mental health coverage

Travel insurance

Life insurance

Disability

Flexible PTO

401(k) match

Pet insurance

Prepaid legal

Commuter benefits

Paid company holidays

Job summary

Echodyne is seeking a Principal PCB/A Materials & Process Engineer to advance high-performance radar PCBA designs. You will own PCB materials, stackups, fabrication processes, and manufacturability tradeoffs for RF and high-speed electronics, collaborating with design, operations, and suppliers to scale production.

In this role you will guide supplier development, support NPI, and drive improvements in yield and reliability across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• BS Degree or higher in Engineering, Material Science, or Physics or equivalent industry experience
• 10 or more years’ experience in design and manufacture of circuit boards for RF applications
• Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally to support development efforts

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority in development for PCB materials, stackups, fabrication processes, and manufacturability tradeoffs for complex RF, high-speed, and mixed-signal designs
• Partner with design engineering, program management, operations, supply chain, and suppliers during NPI to align product requirements with practical PCB and PCBA manufacturing capabilities
• Lead technical engagement with PCB fabricators, material suppliers, and electronics manufacturing suppliers to assess advanced or emerging materials, new fabrication capabilities and processes, identify and resolve process gaps, and support supplier development
• Support supplier selection, qualification builds, production readiness, yield improvement, and root-cause analysis related to PCB fabrication, PCB materials, and PCBA manufacturing processes before production release
• Provide practical design and process guidance to improve manufacturability, reliability, cost, and supplier execution

Skills

PCB materials

Fabrication processes

PCBA assembly

NPI coordination

Supplier development

RF design

High-speed design

Education

BS in Engineering, Materials Science or Physics

Tools

ECAD

Valor

DFM

Job description

Echodyne is seeking a Principal PCB/A Materials & Process Engineer to advance high-performance radar PCBA designs. You will own PCB materials, stackups, fabrication processes, and manufacturability tradeoffs for RF and high-speed electronics, collaborating with design, operations, and suppliers to scale production.

In this role you will guide supplier development, support NPI, and drive improvements in yield and reliability across the product lifecycle.