PCB Design Engineer Verified today
About the Role
You will work within a small team of dedicated engineers responsible for the design of Planet's satellites. This role focuses on designing printed circuit board assemblies optimized for medium-scale mass production. You will design and optimize electrical power, data handling, and sensor interfacing systems for both spacecraft and ground support equipment. Your work covers complex high-speed digital, analog, RF and Microwave PCB/PCBA designs, interfacing with electrical design engineers to ensure boards meet design requirements. You will coordinate with board manufacturers to ensure quality fabrication and assembly. Your designs will be launched into space.
This is a full-time, hybrid role requiring 3 days per week at our San Francisco office.
What You'll Own
- Design layout of RF/Microwave, power, microprocessor, high-speed interface, and mixed-signal Printed Circuit Boards for satellite applications
- Collaborate with electrical design engineers and supply chain to manage PCB design in Altium and integration with configuration control, inventory, and manufacturing systems
- Coordinate with vendors to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality, high-reliability PCB Assemblies meeting IPC standards
- Generate fabrication and assembly packages, including drawings and management of design and drawing templates
- Create parts entries, including footprints and schematic symbols, for the Altium database parts library
- Manage the Altium parts library
- Partner with electrical design engineers to manage subcontractors performing PCB layouts and review their outputs
- Select PCB material and fabrication processes
Required Experience
- 5 or more years in PCB layout design
- Experience with Altium Designer
- Experience implementing and enforcing IPC standards for PCB design, fabrication, and assembly
What Makes You Stand Out
- Experience with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) checks, design rule checks (DRCs)
- Experience with quality management and addressing quality issues with vendors resulting in corrective actions
- Experience with high density, flex and rigid-flex PCB design and boards using RF material
Compensation and Benefits
US base salary range: $144,500 to $180,600 USD. This role may be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). Final salary is determined by job-related experience, skills, and location.
Benefits include comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans; Health Savings Account with company contribution; generous Paid Time Off; 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave; Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program; Home Office Reimbursement; Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement; Tuition Reimbursement and LinkedIn Learning access; Equity; Commuter Benefits; and Volunteering Paid Time Off. Benefits are dependent on employment type and geographical location.
Export Control
This position requires access to export-controlled information. Employment is contingent upon the candidate's ability to access export-controlled information without additional export licensing from the Bureau of Industry and Security or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.