Principal PCB Design Engineer

Radar Reinvented.
Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).
Principal PCB Design Engineer
Advanced Technology Development
ROLE OVERVIEW
Echodyne is seeking a Principal PCB Design Engineer to join the Advanced Technology Development team and lead physical design for demanding RF, high-speed digital, mixed-signal, and power electronics used in rapid radar prototypes and future products.
You will join a high-performing, cross-disciplinary team where senior engineers have meaningful technical ownership, run fast experiments, and see their work move directly into future radar products. You will work on prototype development, including tiled-aperture electronics, distributed beam control, modular RF and compute hardware, and fast calibration and test infrastructure.
The ideal candidate combines deep PCB design expertise with sound technical judgment, close supplier engagement, and the ability to balance electrical performance with reliable, repeatable manufacturing.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead PCB physical design for advanced technology prototypes, advanced test vehicles, and future high-performance radar platforms
Translate RF, antenna, analog, high-speed digital, power, mechanical, and manufacturing requirements into practical stackups, constraints, placement, routing, and interconnect solutions
Create prototype boards, coupons, and test vehicles that prove new materials, structures, fabrication methods, and assembly approaches
Collaborate with RF, electrical, mechanical, systems, manufacturing, suppliers, and key stakeholders to deliver mission-critical hardware within demanding engineering constraints
Apply modern best-practices and establish reusable guidance for design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), design for test (DFT), reliability, stackups, and known layout limits
Provide Principal-level leadership through design reviews, supplier collaboration, mentoring, hands-on prototype bring-up, and transition of proven PCB solutions into product development
REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
Strong hands-on experience designing complex multilayer PCBs for RF, high-speed digital, mixed-signal, analog, or power applications
Advanced proficiency with Altium Designer or an equivalent PCB design platform, including constraint management, library use, fabrication outputs, and design review
Strong knowledge of stackups, controlled impedance, return paths, via structures, interconnects, laminates, finishes, tolerances, and PCB fabrication processes
Practical command of signal integrity, power integrity, EMI and EMC, thermal behavior, reliability, design for manufacturing, design for assembly, and design for test
Experience translating schematics, performance budgets, and interface requirements into manufacturable placement and routing decisions
Experience working directly with PCB fabricators, assembly suppliers, materials and process engineers, and prototype build teams
Ability to communicate design decisions, constraints, and risks clearly
DESIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
(Looking for one or more as a complement to the core skills)
Experience developing PCB technologies for radar, phased arrays, aerospace, defense, sensing, or other high-reliability and mission-critical products
Experience in advanced technology development, applied research, rapid prototyping, or early hardware technology maturation
Experience with antenna or RF-aperture PCB implementation, HDI, high-layer-count boards, rigid-flex, flex circuits, PTFE, mixed-material stackups, or metal-backed boards
Experience laying out high-speed data converters, clock and frequency-synthesizer circuits, downconversion chains, FPGA or SoC interfaces, or high-current power distribution
Competence with analysis tools such as Ansys Electronics Desktop, SIwave, High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS), HyperLynx, Sigrity, or equivalent signal, power, and electromagnetic analysis tools
Experience with supplier capability studies, qualification builds, design of experiments, yield analysis, failure analysis, or corrective action
IPC CID, CID+, or another relevant PCB design certification
QUALIFICATION
BS in Electronics, Electrical Engineering Technology, or a related technical field and at least 12 years of relevant PCB design experience, or equivalent experience
Eligibility to handle export-controlled technical data, including ITAR- and EAR-controlled information
Echodyne’s technology is export controlled by the U.S. Government and we must evaluate an applicant’s eligibility to handle export-controlled information or obtain required Government authorizations. Therefore, we will ask you as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or green card holder, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.
WHAT WE OFFER
This is an exempt role.
The expected annual salary range for this role is
$164,594—$246,788 USD
If your skills generally align but not perfectly, please apply anyway. There may be another role that’s a great fit for you!
We offer competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time, US-based employees, including:
RSU (Restricted Stock Units)
Generous Benefits:
Fully-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for you
Choice of PPO or HDHP/HSA
Virtual Care – 98Point6
Employee Assistance Program
Mental Health coverage through Springhealth & Talkspace (Premera)
Travel Assistance Insurance
Company Paid Life Insurance
Company Paid Short & Long Term Disability
Flexible PTO (exempt) / 15 days per year (non-exempt)
401(k) match
Pet Insurance
Prepaid Legal Program
Commuter Benefits
Paid Company Holidays
All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.