** Due to the classified nature of our work, U.S. citizenship is required.
Location: Remote
About Us
Pacific Defense is a leading developer of advanced electronics systems for the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial customers. Our team specializes in Open Systems Architecture solutions for the non-kinetic fight, providing customers with cost-effective, modular, and rapidly reconfigurable systems in record time. We deliver sensing and effects solutions for land, air, sea, and space domains, leveraging open standards and rapid prototyping methodologies to bring innovative capabilities to the market. Pacific Defense has built an excellent reputation in the defense industry and is expanding our team to tackle new challenges and opportunities. Join us and accelerate your career!
We are looking to hire a Senior PCB Engineer who wants to get involved with a small, fast-paced and dynamic company. This position requires strong PCB design skills and experience with creating, documenting, and maintaining design processes. Expected to work well with both internal and external designers as well as contractors. Must be able to establish strong relationships and interface with our internal engineers (hardware & mechanical), external contractors (PCB Designers), and board fabrication/assembly contracting houses.
Requirements
- 10+ years of PCB layout and routing experience with Allegro preferred.
- 10+ years designing, high-speed digital and mixed signal PCBs starting from schematic netlists generated by other design engineers
- Experienced designing with high speed digital rates > 10 Gbps and > 6 GHz
- Experienced designing with high-speed memory interfaces such as DDR4
- Experienced designing boards with 16+ layers using buried and blind vias
- Experienced with controlled impedance transmission lines, including single-ended and differential stripline, microstrip and coplanar waveguide.
- Experienced creating and documenting standard processes to build symbols and footprints (decals), and ensure processes are followed
- Experienced creating and maintaining schematic symbols and PCB footprints for the entire hardware design group. May require leading a junior designer to help create and check new footprints.
- Experienced with designing to meet IPC requirements
- Experienced creating and documenting PCB design processes for both internal use and for use by contract PCB designers, and ensure processes are followed
- Experienced working closely with contract PCB designers to ensure our design processes are followed and deliverables meet our standard requirements
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
Education
- Requirement: Relevant industry experience
- Preferred: BS or Associate’s Degree in EE/CE/CS or Computer Aided Drafting & Design
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with digital design engineers during parts placement and signal routing to ensure PCB design meets all requirements
- Collaborate with mechanical design engineers to ensure mechanical integrity as well as thermal requirements are met
- Work closely with PCB design contractors to ensure design processes and deliverables are met
- Work closely with PCB fab houses to ensure our PCB design requirements are met and resolve issues during PCB fabrication
- Work closely with contract assembly houses to clarify any design requirements and resolve issues prior to and during PCB assembly
- Manage a centralized library of footprints to ensure consistency and reliability
- Lead design reviews of internal and external PCB layouts
Benefits
Pacific Defense provides competitive salaries and an immediately vested 401K match. We provide 100% coverage options for the employee and 75% coverage for dependents’ medical, dental, vision, and life insurance premiums, and a flexible spending account for incidental health care expenses. We offer generous paid time off and federal holidays to spend time with family, pursue outside interests, or just get some extra rest.
Pacific Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of PCB layout and routing experience, preferably with Allegro
- 10+ years designing high-speed digital and mixed-signal PCBs from schematic netlists
- Experience designing with digital rates above 10 Gbps and frequencies above 6 GHz
- Experience designing high-speed memory interfaces such as DDR4
- Experience designing 16+ layer boards using buried and blind vias
- Experience with controlled impedance transmission lines, including single-ended and differential stripline, microstrip, and coplanar waveguide
- Experience creating and documenting processes for symbols and PCB footprints
- Experience creating and maintaining schematic symbols and PCB footprints
- Experience designing to IPC requirements
- Experience creating and documenting PCB design processes for internal teams and contractors
- Experience working with contract PCB designers to ensure process compliance and deliverable quality
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Relevant industry experience
- BS or Associate's degree in EE, CE, CS, or Computer Aided Drafting and Design
- U.S. citizenship
What We Do
Pacific Defense is a leading developer of C4ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) and Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) aligned hardware and software solutions. The company provides innovative, modular, and interoperable technology for defense primes, military groups, and government agencies. Their mission is to enable the rapid, iterative, and affordable delivery of solutions to keep pace with evolving threat environments and protect those who serve the nation.
