Senior PCB Design Engineer – High-Speed, RF & Power

Remote; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior PCB Designer to translate schematics into manufacturable PCBA layouts for aircraft systems. You will collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers across the design cycle, including stack-up decisions, constraint management, and generation of drawings.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in PCB layout for production hardware, strong IPC knowledge, and experience with Altium Designer and high-speed power electronics.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of PCB layout experience for production hardware.
• Experience with high-speed digital and RF layouts is a plus.
• Knowledge of IPC standards and DFM practices.

Responsibilities

• Create PCB layouts for complex digital, analog, RF, high-speed, and power electronics designs.
• Plan and manage PCB stack-ups with fabrication vendors.
• Interpret schematics and routing rules with electrical engineers.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers for board form factor integration.
• Apply signal, power integrity, grounding, impedance control, and thermal/EMI best practices.
• Conduct design reviews to ensure manufacturability and reliability.
• Generate manufacturing docs (Gerber/ODB++ files, notes, drawings).
• Ensure designs meet supplier DFM requirements.

Skills

IPC standards

Impedance routing

Length matching

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Cross-disciplinary collab

Tools

Altium Designer

Scripting & automation

Simulation tools

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior PCB Designer to translate schematics into manufacturable PCBA layouts for aircraft systems. You will collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers across the design cycle, including stack-up decisions, constraint management, and generation of drawings.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in PCB layout for production hardware, strong IPC knowledge, and experience with Altium Designer and high-speed power electronics.