Senior PCB Design & Bring-Up Engineer

GCS Recruitment; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment seeks a Senior PCB Hardware Design Engineer to lead board bring-up and design verification for advanced satellite payload hardware in Redmond, WA. The role is hands-on, focusing on power-on, debug, and validation across the hardware lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in board-level design, strong lab skills, and experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, JESD204, 25G+ Ethernet) and signal integrity. On-site 5 days, contract of 12+ months with extension possibilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in board-level hardware design.
• Schematic capture and complex multi-layer PCB design experience.
• Strong understanding of power delivery, distribution and sequencing.
• Extensive lab experience with board bring-up, debug and validation.
• Proficiency with oscilloscopes, logic/protocol analyzers, and high-speed test equipment.
• Experience with high-speed digital interfaces (JESD204, PCIe, 25G+ Ethernet, DDR).
• Strong signal integrity and power integrity knowledge.
• Experience across design → build → bring-up → validation → manufacturing support.

Responsibilities

• Lead bring-up of newly fabricated boards, power-on checks and first-time hardware debug.
• Plan and execute design verification campaigns including high-speed tests and power measurements.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to drive corrective actions into revisions.
• Contribute to schematic capture and PCB layout for next-gen hardware when possible.
• Support RF and antenna teams with validated hardware and measurements.
• Troubleshoot hardware issues using lab instrumentation and systematic debugging.
• Support full hardware lifecycle from design to manufacturing support.

Skills

Board-level hardware design

Schematic capture

Power delivery sequencing

Hardware bring-up & debugging

High-speed measurement equipment

High-speed interfaces (JESD204, PCIe,

Signal integrity / power integrity

Lifecycle: design to manufacturing

Education

BSEE

MSEE

Tools

Altium Designer

OrCAD

PCB layout tools

Job description

GCS Recruitment seeks a Senior PCB Hardware Design Engineer to lead board bring-up and design verification for advanced satellite payload hardware in Redmond, WA. The role is hands-on, focusing on power-on, debug, and validation across the hardware lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in board-level design, strong lab skills, and experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, JESD204, 25G+ Ethernet) and signal integrity. On-site 5 days, contract of 12+ months with extension possibilities.