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

VideoRay; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 75,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) company match

Paid time off

Holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment seeks RF PCB Layout Engineers to work onsite in Albuquerque, NM or Germantown, MD. You will contribute to RF/mixed-signal board design, be involved in prototype bring-up, testing, and production transitions, and collaborate across multiple engineering teams to meet high-performance RF requirements.

The role spans from entry to senior levels, emphasizing layout, DFx, and documentation. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and may need security clearance; on-site work is expected.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, Electronics, CAD, or related field.
• Experience with PCB layout and RF layout; level depends on experience.
• Experience with Altium Designer or comparable tool.
• Able to interpret electrical and RF schematics and signal paths.
• Working knowledge of multilayer stack-ups, controlled impedance, grounding, shielding, isolation, signal integrity, DFM, and DFT.
• Experience creating fabrication and assembly documentation.
• Strong attention to detail and teamwork.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Ability to obtain U.S. security clearance, if required.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

RF PCB layout

Schematic interpretation

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Associate degree in Electrical Engineering / RF Engineering / Electronics

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

AeroVironment seeks RF PCB Layout Engineers to work onsite in Albuquerque, NM or Germantown, MD. You will contribute to RF/mixed-signal board design, be involved in prototype bring-up, testing, and production transitions, and collaborate across multiple engineering teams to meet high-performance RF requirements.

The role spans from entry to senior levels, emphasizing layout, DFx, and documentation. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and may need security clearance; on-site work is expected.