PCB Design Engineer

Planet • San Francisco, CA

1d • $144,500 - $180,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

You will work within a small team of dedicated engineers responsible for the design of Planet’s satellites. This is not your typical aerospace or consumer electronics role. You will work designing printed circuit board assemblies optimized for medium-scale mass production. You will design and optimize electrical power, data handling, and sensor interfacing systems, both within the spacecraft and on ground support equipment. You will be responsible for complex high-speed digital, analog, RF and Microwave PCB/PCBA designs and interfacing with electrical design engineers to make sure that board meets their design requirements. You will work with board manufacturers to ensure they are fabricating and assembling a quality product. Your work will then be put in a rocket and shot into space.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in PCB layout design
• Experience with Altium Designer
• Experience implementing and enforcing IPC standards for PCB design, fabrication, and assembly

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) checks, running design rule checks (DRCs).
• Experience with quality management, i.e. addressing quality issues with vendors resulting in corrective actions
• Experience with high density, flex and rigid-flex PCB design and boards using RF material.

Responsibilities

• Design layout of RF/Microwave, power, microprocessor, high-speed interface, and mixed-signal Printed Circuit Boards for satellite applications in concert with the electrical design engineers
• Collaborate with electrical design engineers and supply chain to manage PCB design in Altium environment and the integration with the configuration control, inventory, and manufacturing system
• Coordinate with vendors to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality, high-reliability PCB Assemblies that meet 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 of their designs and reviewing their outputs
• Select PCB material and fabrication processes

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed