Senior PCB Layout Engineer

Astranis•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior PCB layout engineer at Astranis, you will be responsible for completing PCB layout across the entire company - supporting designs across payload, avionics and power. You will interface directly with design engineers to gather board requirements and mechanical constraints and implement those into the PCB layout. You will also be responsible for interfacing with the PCBA manufacturing team and our external fab and assembly vendors to implement design for manufacturing (DFM) and ensure that we are sending reliable hardware to space.

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. in electrical or computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree
7+ years experience with PCB layout and routing
Familiarity with Altium or similar design tools
Experience with IPC standards (Class 2/3, IPC-A-610, IPC-7351)

Nice To Haves

Experience with scripting or automation
Experience working with PLM software (Arena preferred)
Knowledge of PCB manufacturing and assembly processes
Ability to communicate and work effectively with others

Responsibilities

Placement and Routing of high reliability Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designs, with schematic and layout input from design engineers
Routing of power, high speed digital, RF, and analog PCB designs
Support librarian in creating and reviewing schematic symbols and footprints from datasheets and 3D models
Own design standards, templates, release procedures and interface to PLM system.
Interface with PCB manufacturing team and external fabrication and assembly vendors to asses technical capabilities, design stackups and implement design for manufacturing (DFM).