Senior PCB Designer

Pacific DEFENSE Inc.; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Defense Inc. is seeking a Senior PCB Engineer to join a fast-paced, small team handling advanced electronics for defense and commercial customers.

This role emphasizes strong PCB design, documentation, and interaction with internal hardware, mechanical teams, and external contractors. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of PCB layout experience, expertise in high-speed signaling, DDR4 memory interfaces, and a track record of creating robust design processes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of PCB layout and routing experience.
• Experience with high-speed (>10 Gbps) and >6 GHz designs.
• Experience with DDR4 memory interfaces.
• Boards with 16+ layers using buried and blind vias.
• Controlled impedance transmission lines design experience.
• Documentation of symbols and footprints processes.
• Leading a junior designer to create footprints.
• IPC compliance experience.
• Working with contract PCB designers and fabs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with digital design during parts placement and routing.
• Collaborate with mechanical design for thermal integrity and clearance.
• Coordinate with PCB design contractors to ensure processes and deliverables.
• Work with PCB fabrication houses to meet manufacturing requirements.
• Lead design reviews of internal and external PCB layouts.
• Manage centralized footprint library for consistency.

Skills

Allegro

PCB layout

High-speed design

Differential signaling

IPC compliance

Documentation

Mentoring

Communication

Education

BS in EE/CE/CS

AS in EE

Tools

Allegro PCB Designer

ECAD tools

Job description

** Due to the classified nature of our work, U.S. citizenship is required.

Location: Remote

About Us

Pacific Defense is a leading developer of advanced electronics systems for the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial customers. Our team specializes in Open Systems Architecture solutions for the non-kinetic fight, providing customers with cost-effective, modular, and rapidly reconfigurable systems in record time. We deliver sensing and effects solutions for land, air, sea, and space domains, leveraging open standards and rapid prototyping methodologies to bring innovative capabilities to the market. Pacific Defense has built an excellent reputation in the defense industry and is expanding our team to tackle new challenges and opportunities. Join us and accelerate your career!

We are looking to hire a Senior PCB Engineer who wants to get involved with a small, fast-paced and dynamic company. This position requires strong PCB design skills and experience with creating, documenting, and maintaining design processes. Expected to work well with both internal and external designers as well as contractors. Must be able to establish strong relationships and interface with our internal engineers (hardware & mechanical), external contractors (PCB Designers), and board fabrication/assembly contracting houses.

• 10+ years of PCB layout and routing experience with Allegro preferred.
• 10+ years designing, high-speed digital and mixed signal PCBs starting from schematic netlists generated by other design engineers
• Experienced designing with high speed digital rates > 10 Gbps and > 6 GHz
• Experienced designing with high-speed memory interfaces such as DDR4
• Experienced designing boards with 16+ layers using buried and blind vias
• Experienced with controlled impedance transmission lines, including single-ended and differential stripline, microstrip and coplanar waveguide.
• Experienced creating and documenting standard processes to build symbols and footprints (decals), and ensure processes are followed
• Experienced creating and maintaining schematic symbols and PCB footprints for the entire hardware design group. May require leading a junior designer to help create and check new footprints.
• Experienced with designing to meet IPC requirements
• Experienced creating and documenting PCB design processes for both internal use and for use by contract PCB designers, and ensure processes are followed
• Experienced working closely with contract PCB designers to ensure our design processes are followed and deliverables meet our standard requirements
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills

Education

• Requirement: Relevant industry experience
• Preferred: BS or Associate's Degree in EE/CE/CS or Computer Aided Drafting & Design

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with digital design engineers during parts placement and signal routing to ensure PCB design meets all requirements

• Collaborate with mechanical design engineers to ensure mechanical integrity as well as thermal requirements are met
• Work closely with PCB design contractors to ensure design processes and deliverables are met
• Work closely with PCB fab houses to ensure our PCB design requirements are met and resolve issues during PCB fabrication
• Work closely with contract assembly houses to clarify any design requirements and resolve issues prior to and during PCB assembly
• Manage a centralized library of footprints to ensure consistency and reliability
• Lead design reviews of internal and external PCB layouts

Pacific Defense provides competitive salaries and an immediately vested 401K match. We provide 100% coverage options for the employee and 75% coverage for dependents' medical, dental, vision, and life insurance premiums, and a flexible spending account for incidental health care expenses. We offer generous paid time off and federal holidays to spend time with family, pursue outside interests, or just get some extra rest.

Pacific Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.