Senior PCB Hardware Engineer - Onsite Bring-Up & Validation

GCS Recruitment; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking a Senior PCB Designer to lead bring-up and validation of high-density boards in Mountain View, CA. The role requires hands-on debugging from power-on through root cause analysis and rapid iteration for next-gen hardware.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in schematic capture, PCB layout, power integrity, and high-speed interfaces, with a track record across the full hardware lifecycle from design to manufacturing support.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in board-level hardware design.
• Experience with dense multilayer PCBs.
• Strong power delivery and sequencing understanding.
• Hands-on lab bring-up, debugging, validation.
• Proficient with high-speed test equipment.
• Experience with JESD204, PCIe, 25G+ Ethernet, DDR.
• Full hardware lifecycle experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead bring-up of newly fabricated boards, including power-on and first-time hardware debug.
• Plan and execute design verification and validation campaigns.
• Partner 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 teams with validated hardware and measurements.
• Troubleshoot board-level hardware issues using laboratory instrumentation.
• Support the full hardware development lifecycle from design to manufacturing.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Power delivery

Power integrity

Lab debugging

Oscilloscopes

High-speed interfaces

PCIe

JESD204

SerDes

Education

BSEE or MSEE

Tools

Logic analyzers

High-speed test equipment

Job description

GCS Recruitment is seeking a Senior PCB Designer to lead bring-up and validation of high-density boards in Mountain View, CA. The role requires hands-on debugging from power-on through root cause analysis and rapid iteration for next-gen hardware.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in schematic capture, PCB layout, power integrity, and high-speed interfaces, with a track record across the full hardware lifecycle from design to manufacturing support.