PCB Design Engineer

Planet•San Francisco, CA

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one. Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles. As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains. We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world. Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands. About the Role: 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