Senior PCB Designer – High-Speed RF & FPGA Hardware

GCS Recruitment; Kent (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking an experienced PCB Designer to support the development of advanced phased-array communication systems. This role covers design, layout, bring-up, testing, and debugging of complex electronic hardware across the full product lifecycle.

The candidate will work with high-speed digital, mixed-signal, FPGA, and RF hardware, collaborating with electrical, RF, mechanical, and test engineering teams to ensure reliability in high-reliability environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• 8+ years designing complex electronic hardware and PCBs.
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout ownership.
• Proven ability to bring up and debug hardware in a lab environment.

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, custom silicon, converters, and high-speed interfaces.
• Conduct board bring-up, hardware integration, validation, and root-cause analysis in a lab environment.

Skills

High-speed digital design

Signal integrity

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Schematic capture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Industry-standard PCB design tools

Schematic capture tools

Job description

GCS Recruitment is seeking an experienced PCB Designer to support the development of advanced phased-array communication systems. This role covers design, layout, bring-up, testing, and debugging of complex electronic hardware across the full product lifecycle.

The candidate will work with high-speed digital, mixed-signal, FPGA, and RF hardware, collaborating with electrical, RF, mechanical, and test engineering teams to ensure reliability in high-reliability environments.