Staff Engineer, Hardware Design

Staff Engineer, Hardware Design

Date: Sep 22, 2026

Location: Remote Employee US, TX, US

Req
Region:
Americas
Country: USA
State/Province:
New Hampshire
City:
Remote Employee US

As a PCB Layout Staff Engineer, you will lead the physical design and layout of complex printed circuit boards from schematic capture through to manufacturing. You will collaborate with hardware, power, mechanical and manufacturing engineering teams to ensure designs meet strict signal integrity, thermal and mechanical constraints. You will also be responsible for enhancing design guidelines, participating in design reviews and occasionally mentoring junior staff.

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Complex Board Design: Execute the layout, routing and component placement of high-density, multi-layer PCBs (often 12 to 28+ layers) using advanced CAD software (e.g., Cadence Allegro).

High-Speed & Constraints: Route high-speed digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuits while strictly adhering to complex design constraints, including impedance control, length matching, and differential pairs.

Power Delivery & Constraints: Collaborate with the Power Design Team to implement and optimize the Power Delivery Network (PDN). This involves executing board layouts that satisfy voltage drop (IR) and impedance targets, optimizing decoupling capacitor placements, and managing thermal constraints in high-current AI hardware designs.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work alongside electrical, mechanical, and thermal engineers to optimize board layout for form factor, thermal management, and overall system performance.

Design for Manufacturing (DFx): Ensure all design comply with Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Testability (DFT) guidelines.

Documentation & Release: Generate, review and manage complete manufacturing release packages, including Gerber/ODB++ files, fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, pick-and-place data, and Bill of Materials (BOM).

Compliance & Standards: Apply deep knowledge of IPC standards and ensure layouts comply with EMI/EMC regulations and safety standards.

Mentorship: Lead layout design reviews, establish internal best practices, and provide technical guidance to junior layout designers.

Customer & Project Coordination: Actively participates in design reviews and offers technical feedback to develop product requirements. Additionally, participates in project planning and scheduling, providing input on design issues, quality, and materials.

Refer to technical skills below:

Strong understanding of signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) principles

Familiarity with blind/buried vias, micro-vias, and HDI (High-Density interconnect) technologies

Thorough understanding of the PCB fabrication and PCBA assembly processes

Expert-level proficiency in industry-standard PCB design tools (e.g., Cadence Allegro 22.x and up is preferred)

Strong knowledge of PCB & PCBA manufacturing process

Excellent knowledge of industry and quality standards, knowledge of IPC standards is preferred

Strong knowledge of IT platforms and database design

Familiar with EMC & EMI layout requirements

Able to summarize the layout experience from the customer’s requirements

Highly self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple overlapping project schedules in a fast-paced environment

Strong communication skills for interacting with customers, vendors, and internal teams

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

• 10+ years of dedicated experience in PCB layout and design, specifically with complex enterprise, high-performance data storage, networking infrastructure, or server and telecommunications hardware.

Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field (or equivalent extensive industry experience).

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,…