Senior PCB Hardware Engineer – Bring-Up, Debug & Validation

GCS Recruitment; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment in San Francisco, CA seeks a Senior PCB Design Engineer to lead hardware bring-up, debugging, and verification for advanced satellite payload hardware. This on-site, 12+ month contract role emphasizes hands-on lab work, high-speed interfaces, and robust PCB design.

You will collaborate with hardware and RF/antenna teams, execute design verification campaigns, and contribute to next-generation board revisions through root-cause analysis and meticulous documentation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of electrical engineering experience in board-level hardware design.
• Strong schematic capture and dense multilayer PCB design experience.
• Expertise in power delivery, distribution, and sequencing.
• Hands-on lab experience with board bring-up and validation.
• Proficiency with high-end measurement equipment.
• Experience with high-speed SerDes technologies.
• Full hardware lifecycle experience from design to manufacturing.
• Degree: BSEE or MSEE or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead bring-up of newly fabricated circuit boards, including power-on and first-time hardware debug through root cause.
• Plan and execute design verification and validation campaigns with high-speed link testing and power measurements.
• Collaborate with hardware design engineers to drive corrective actions into revisions.
• Contribute to schematic capture and PCB layout for next-generation hardware.
• Support RF and antenna engineering teams with validated hardware.
• Troubleshoot board-level hardware issues using laboratory instrumentation.
• Support the complete hardware development lifecycle from design to manufacturing.

Skills

Board-level hardware design

Schematic capture

Power delivery sequencing

Hardware bring-up & debugging

High-speed interfaces (JESD204, PCIe,

Signal integrity / power integrity

Full hardware lifecycle experience

Education

BSEE or MSEE or equivalent

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

High-speed test equipment

PCB layout tools

Job description

GCS Recruitment in San Francisco, CA seeks a Senior PCB Design Engineer to lead hardware bring-up, debugging, and verification for advanced satellite payload hardware. This on-site, 12+ month contract role emphasizes hands-on lab work, high-speed interfaces, and robust PCB design.

You will collaborate with hardware and RF/antenna teams, execute design verification campaigns, and contribute to next-generation board revisions through root-cause analysis and meticulous documentation.