PCB Engineer

** 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

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