Senior RF PCB Designer – High-Speed, Multi-Layer (9/80)

Honeywell Aerospace; Lansdale (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Honeywell Aerospace in Lansdale, PA is seeking a Senior PCB Designer with extensive RF layout expertise to design complex, high-speed PCBs for mission-critical aerospace applications. You will work with RF, hardware, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers across the product lifecycle and ensure IPC and defense compliance.

Role requires 8+ years in PCB design, proficiency with Altium, Xpedition or Cadence Allegro, and the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional PCB design experience.
• Extensive RF layout experience in GHz-range designs.
• Proficiency in Altium Designer, Siemens Xpedition, or Cadence Allegro.
• Experience with high-layer-count boards (10+ layers).
• Knowledge of controlled impedance routing, differential pair routing, crosstalk, and grounding strategies.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces (SERDES, DDR, PCIe, Ethernet).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex, multi-layer PCBs (rigid, flex, and rigid-flex) for RF and high-speed digital applications.
• Perform RF layout for controlled impedance structures, transmission lines, antennas, filters, LNAs, PAs, and mixed-signal designs.
• Implement best practices for signal integrity (SI), power integrity (PI), EMI/EMC mitigation, and thermal management.
• Collaborate closely with RF, hardware, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers throughout the product lifecycle.
• Create and maintain PCB libraries, stack-ups, and design rules.
• Generate fabrication and assembly documentation packages.
• Support prototype bring‑up, testing, and debugging activities.
• Ensure compliance with IPC standards (IPC-2221/2222/6012, etc.) and defense‑related requirements.
• Interface with PCB fabricators and CM partners to resolve DFM/DFT issues.
• Participate in design reviews and provide technical leadership/mentorship to junior designers.

Skills

RF layout

Signal integrity

Power integrity

High-speed design

Security clearance

Tools

Altium Designer

Siemens Xpedition

Cadence Allegro

Job description

Honeywell Aerospace in Lansdale, PA is seeking a Senior PCB Designer with extensive RF layout expertise to design complex, high-speed PCBs for mission-critical aerospace applications. You will work with RF, hardware, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers across the product lifecycle and ensure IPC and defense compliance.

Role requires 8+ years in PCB design, proficiency with Altium, Xpedition or Cadence Allegro, and the ability to obtain a security clearance.