Senior-Technical Leader PCB Layout and Design Electrical Engineer, BSEE Preferred

Direct Recruiters, Inc.; Washington; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

On-site Washington

Job summary

Direct Recruiters, Inc. in Washington state seeks a Senior PCB Design Lead to own board-level design for power delivery, data acquisition, and network communication. You will drive prototyping, selection of components, and collaboration with board houses to enable high-volume production.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate with senior management and internal/external stakeholders, and ensure traceability, EMI/EMC testing, and full documentation. This on-site role offers relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading PCBA design and prototyping for power/data acquisition applications.
• Experience sizing components and selecting PCBA parts with space constraints.
• Coordinate with board houses for high-volume PCBA manufacturing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience cross-functionally with mechanical, software, sales, and customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead PCB design and prototyping for power delivery and data acquisition.
• Mentor junior engineers and coordinate with management and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with mechanical, software, and external clients throughout design changes.
• Ensure traceability, testing, and documentation (EMI/EMC, spectrum, oscilloscopes).
• Manage communications with board houses and suppliers during production.

Skills

PCB design

Power delivery

Embedded C

Leadership

Mentoring

Altium Designer

AutoCAD

Schematic reading

Linux exposure

Cross-functional

Education

BSEE

MS EE

Tools

Altium Designer

AutoCAD

Oscilloscope

Spectrum Analyzer

EMC testing tools

Job description

Stable Company in Growth-Expansion Mode, Unique business model, "our proprietary technology is at the core of our business".

Currently Experiencing a Major Demand for our customizable products.

Newly Created Role, Bright and Collaborative Team, Culture of using the best available technology to produce top-notch products.

Desired Skills/Experience:

• Experience working in a technical leadership role surrounding Printed Circuit Board design and layout for specific power, network communication and/or data acquisition type applications.
• Experience mentoring or directly managing less experienced engineers.
• Experience working closely with Senior Management and technical and non-technical key stakeholders…advising, recommending and suggesting technical solutions surrounding low level electronics technologies, experience working in a similar manner with external clients is a plus.
• Experience working in a similar role with a focus on PCBA Design and Prototyping with a focus on Power Delivery (ideally with a mix of I/O and USB Power); experience with both analog and digital IC Design.
• Experienced with a mixture of PCB sizing and component selection; along with related knowledge-experience of resistors, capacitors and other components; experience selecting components for and then designing boards that will 'fit' into a limited space.
• Experience working in a similar Board-Design-Prototyping type role with ongoing communication and coordination with Board Houses for the purpose of high volume PCBA manufacturing.
• Solid Testing and Q.A. Experience including documentation and testing-for-traceability, test planning-debugging and component troubleshooting; should have experience with spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, signal generators, data analyzers, and/or similar PBCA testing tools; experience with EMI and EMC testing and documentation is strongly preferred.
• Experience working in a similar role where you have had ongoing communication with other teams and departments during the board design process (including mechanical engineering, software engineering, external clients, Sales, C-Level and others)
• Experience working with Altium Designer is preferred.
• Should have 'at least some' Embedded Coding experience ideally with the C programming language on a Linux platform and writing code surrounding Linux based microprocessors
• Fluent at reading and interpreting electrical blue prints, one line diagrams and electrical schematics; AutoCAD experience is required.
• Experience suggesting and advising changes and updates to PCB and related manufacturing processes; Experience coordinating with (feeding information back and forth to) Senior Management, Sales, Marketing, Board Houses, Technicians and directly with customers all for the purpose of clarification of production plans, delivery performance, quality performance, projects status, synchronization of design changes.
• A BSEE is strongly preferred (MSEE is a plus)
• Must Have Excellent Verbal and Written Communication skills; Must be well versed in MS Outlook, MS Word and have some exposure to MS Excel.

Pluses:

• Military, Avionics, or similar regulated industry board level design.
• Specialty or Sub-Specialty experience designing boards-for-power, power supplies or similar power focused boards and/or power-components on boards.
• I2S protocols and related board level components for audio transmission.
• Experience mentoring or training junior level engineers.
• Experience with the full electronics component manufacturing life cycle (design through assembly and packaging stages).

Excellent Compensation and Benefits Package. Note: This 'Is' an on site role in Washington-State and relocation assistance is offered.