Staff PCB Designer
Shield AI, Dallas, TX, United States
As a PCB Designer at Shield AI, you will be responsible for creating the layouts that support our aircraft. You’ll work closely with electrical, mechanical and manufacturing engineers to translate schematics and requirements into robust, manufacturable PCBA designs. You will be involved in all steps of the PCBA design process including stack‑up design, constraint management, mechanical placement planning, generating drawings and manufacturing outputs.
What you’ll do:
Create PCB layouts for complex digital, analog, RF, high‑speed, and power electronics designs.
Plan and manage PCB stack‑ups in collaboration with fabrication vendors and manufacturing engineers.
Partner with electrical engineers to interpret schematics, routing rules, and design intent.
Collaborate with mechanical engineers to ensure proper board form factor integration, connector positioning, placement constraints.
Apply best practices for signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, impedance control, and thermal/EMI mitigation.
Conduct design reviews and implement feedback to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and compliance with company standards.
Generate and maintain manufacturing documentation, including Gerber/ODB++ files, fabrication and assembly notes and drawings.
Work with manufacturing engineering to ensure designs meet supplier DFM requirements.
Required qualifications:
7+ years of experience in PCB layout for production hardware (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Preferred qualifications:
Solid understanding of IPC standards (IPC-2221/2222, IPC-7351, etc.)
Familiar with PCB materials and manufacturing process, and stack‑up construction.
Familiarity with controlled‑impedance routing, differential pairs, length matching, and high‑current power distribution.
Experience with scripting and automation
Experience with Altium Designer
Experience using simulation tools to validate layout designs
150130 - 225196 USD a year
Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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What you’ll do:
Create PCB layouts for complex digital, analog, RF, high‑speed, and power electronics designs.
Plan and manage PCB stack‑ups in collaboration with fabrication vendors and manufacturing engineers.
Partner with electrical engineers to interpret schematics, routing rules, and design intent.
Collaborate with mechanical engineers to ensure proper board form factor integration, connector positioning, placement constraints.
Apply best practices for signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, impedance control, and thermal/EMI mitigation.
Conduct design reviews and implement feedback to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and compliance with company standards.
Generate and maintain manufacturing documentation, including Gerber/ODB++ files, fabrication and assembly notes and drawings.
Work with manufacturing engineering to ensure designs meet supplier DFM requirements.
Required qualifications:
7+ years of experience in PCB layout for production hardware (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Preferred qualifications:
Solid understanding of IPC standards (IPC-2221/2222, IPC-7351, etc.)
Familiar with PCB materials and manufacturing process, and stack‑up construction.
Familiarity with controlled‑impedance routing, differential pairs, length matching, and high‑current power distribution.
Experience with scripting and automation
Experience with Altium Designer
Experience using simulation tools to validate layout designs
150130 - 225196 USD a year
Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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