Senior PCB Design Engineer - RF, FPGA & Phased-Array

GCS Recruitment; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking an experienced PCB Designer to support advanced phased-array communication systems. You will design, lay out, integrate, bring up, test and debug complex electronic hardware spanning mixed-signal, digital, FPGA and RF domains.

You will own boards from schematic capture through fabrication, bring-up and validation, select components, ensure signal integrity, thermal and reliability requirements, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years designing complex electronic hardware and PCBs.
• Strong experience with schematic capture, component selection, and PCB layout ownership.
• Hands-on lab bring-up and debugging experience.
• Understanding of high-speed digital design and interfaces (PCIe, DDR, SerDes, Ethernet).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex multilayer PCBs for advanced communication and phased-array systems.
• Own PCB designs from schematic capture through layout, fabrication support, bring-up, validation and debug.
• Select components and create robust designs meeting electrical, thermal, mechanical and reliability requirements.
• Develop hardware around high-performance processors, FPGAs, and high-speed digital interfaces.
• Execute PCB layout activities including stack-up, routing, signal integrity, power distribution and manufacturability reviews.
• Conduct board bring-up, hardware integration, validation and root-cause analysis in a lab.

Skills

Schematic Capture

PCB Layout Ownership

High-Speed Digital Design

Signal Integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Industry-standard PCB design tools

Job description

GCS Recruitment is seeking an experienced PCB Designer to support advanced phased-array communication systems. You will design, lay out, integrate, bring up, test and debug complex electronic hardware spanning mixed-signal, digital, FPGA and RF domains.

You will own boards from schematic capture through fabrication, bring-up and validation, select components, ensure signal integrity, thermal and reliability requirements, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across the product lifecycle.