RF PCB Layout Engineer — Phased-Array & High-Density

BlueHalo; Albuquerque (NM); Vor Ort; USD 75.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Zusammenfassung

AV Aerospace and Defense seeks RF PCB Layout Engineers to work onsite at Albuquerque, NM or Germantown, MD. You will design, validate, and transition RF/mixed-signal boards, collaborating with cross-functional teams across the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities include translating schematics to manufacturable layouts, applying high-speed routing and impedance control, and producing documentation for fabrication and release.

Qualifikationen

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Relevant experience in PCB layout, RF layout, electronics design, drafting, or hardware development. Level will be based on qualifications and experience.
• Experience with Altium Designer or a comparable PCB layout tool.
• Ability to interpret electrical and RF schematics and understand signal paths.
• Working knowledge of multilayer PCB stack-ups, controlled impedance, grounding, shielding, isolation, signal integrity, DFM, and DFT.
• Experience creating or reviewing fabrication and assembly documentation.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, communication, and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance, if required.

Aufgaben

• Create and maintain PCB layouts for RF, mixed-signal, digital, power, and control assemblies, including phased-array tiles and RF front ends.
• Translate schematics, RF constraints, stack-up requirements, mechanical envelopes, thermal paths, and assembly requirements into manufacturable layouts.
• Apply controlled-impedance routing, transmission-line geometry, grounding, shielding, isolation, return-current control, thermal-management, and RF-clearance practices.
• Apply approved stack-ups, footprints, net classes, design rules, keep-outs, differential-pair requirements, and via strategies.
• Support high-density and repeated-hardware designs while preserving electrical performance, consistency, and design intent.
• Create and maintain component symbols, footprints, libraries, placement data, fabrication outputs, assembly drawings, bills of materials, and controlled release packages.
• Perform design-rule checks, drawing checks, peer reviews, and release reviews before fabrication and assembly.
• Support signal-integrity, power-integrity, electromagnetic-compatibility, thermal, DFM, and DFT reviews.
• Use Altium Designer or a comparable tool to generate layouts, manufacturing outputs, assembly outputs, and technical documentation.
• Work with suppliers to resolve fabrication, assembly, yield, rework, inspection, and production issues without compromising RF requirements.
• Support prototype bring-up, RF testing, hardware integration, failure analysis, engineering changes, and transition to production.
• Collaborate across RF design, modeling, electrical, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, quality, and test disciplines.
• Participate in design, test-readiness, production-readiness, and customer technical reviews.
• Maintain configuration-controlled records, revision history, engineering changes, and release documentation.
• Identify tradeoffs involving RF performance, density, mechanical and thermal constraints, cost, schedule, manufacturability, and repeatability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, or process improvement based on experience.
• Support occasional travel to customer, supplier, test, or field locations.

Kenntnisse

PCB layout

RF engineering

Electrical engineering

Schematic interpretation

Team collaboration

Ausbildung

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Jobbeschreibung

AV Aerospace and Defense seeks RF PCB Layout Engineers to work onsite at Albuquerque, NM or Germantown, MD. You will design, validate, and transition RF/mixed-signal boards, collaborating with cross-functional teams across the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities include translating schematics to manufacturable layouts, applying high-speed routing and impedance control, and producing documentation for fabrication and release.