Senior RF PCB Layout Engineer — Real-Time Radar Satellites

Arraylabs.Io; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Equity and flexible compensation

High flexibility between salary and/or

Job summary

Array Labs is seeking a Senior RF PCB Layout Engineer to own the physical implementation of RF/microwave electronics in Altium, translating schematics into layouts that pass first-spin fabrication.

You will partner across RF design, electrical, antenna, mechanical, and test teams to ensure layouts meet stringent RF performance, isolation, and reliability in lab and orbit environments.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in PCB layout, fabrication, and release of RF/high-performance electronics.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• Ability to translate schematic intent into RF layouts meeting performance requirements.
• Proficiency with RF grounding, shielding, and isolation strategies.
• Comfort with Altium Designer; Allegro/OrCAD a plus.
• Experience supporting manufacturing release and DFx considerations.
• Experience troubleshooting RF issues with VNAs and spectrum analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Own RF PCB layout from initial placement through manufacturing release in Altium Designer.
• Define and implement stack-ups, controlled-impedance routing, RF grounding, shielding, and isolation strategies.
• Translate schematic intent into layouts that meet RF performance requirements including connectors, transitions, and filtering.
• Collaborate with RF design, electrical, antenna, mechanical and test engineers on constraints and reviews.
• Drive DFM/DFT considerations with fabrication partners and release artifacts.
• Support lab bring-up and RF characterization with design and test teams.

Skills

RF PCB layout

Controlled-impedance routing

Altium Designer

Team collaboration

High-frequency design intuition

RF testing & characterization

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Allegro

OrCAD

Job description

Array Labs is seeking a Senior RF PCB Layout Engineer to own the physical implementation of RF/microwave electronics in Altium, translating schematics into layouts that pass first-spin fabrication.

You will partner across RF design, electrical, antenna, mechanical, and test teams to ensure layouts meet stringent RF performance, isolation, and reliability in lab and orbit environments.