Senior Electrical Engineer – PCB Design

🕒 October 13

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $74k - $155k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔧 Hardware Engineer

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Trident Systems

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51 - 200 employees

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

🔧 Hardware

Aerospace • Defense • Hardware

Trident is a provider of aerospace and defense electronics and processing systems focused on mission-critical space, airborne, and multi-domain applications. Its three operating units—Space Electronic Systems (SES), Integrated C4ISR Systems (ICS), and Optical Precision Systems (OPS)—develop radiation-hardened space electronics, digital RF and advanced processing systems, command-and-control and multi-domain communications/C4ISR solutions, and airborne optical/laser/LIDAR sensors. Trident’s systems are positioned for use across space, air, land, and sea and are trusted by the U. S. Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and allied customers for applications including flight-proven space payloads, surveillance and wide-area monitoring, predictive maintenance, and avionics for national defense aircraft.

📋 Description

• Own the end-to-end PCB layout process for digital, analog, RF, mixed-signal, high-speed, and high-power designs using Altium Designer • Translate electrical schematics, mechanical constraints, and system-level requirements into compact, high-density, manufacturable PCB layouts • Create and maintain PCB footprints, symbols, and component libraries within Altium Designer • Define stack-ups and impedance control for high-speed differential pairs, RF transmission lines, and DDR4/DDR5 interfaces • Develop routing strategies for high-speed serial links, RF paths, and DDR4/DDR5 buses, including length matching, skew control, via strategies, and crosstalk mitigation • Optimize layouts for thermal performance and current handling in high-power designs • Collaborate with electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, manufacturing partners, and program teams • Conduct design reviews and incorporate feedback to meet signal integrity, power integrity, RF performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements • Generate fabrication and assembly documentation, including Gerber/ODB++ files, drawings, and build packages • Work within configuration-controlled environments and follow documentation, revision-control, and release processes • Support prototype builds, troubleshooting, and iterative design improvements, including debugging high-speed/DDR interfaces and high-power thermal or layout issues

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of related experience OR 4+ years of related experience with a graduate degree; 10+ years of related experience can be considered in lieu of a degree • Professional PCB design experience in a production environment • Expert-level proficiency with Altium Designer as the primary PCB CAD tool • Experience designing complex, multi-layer boards, including high-power PCBs in small form factors, high-speed digital interfaces, RF/mixed-signal sections, and controlled-impedance routing • Hands-on experience with DDR4 and/or DDR5 memory layout, including routing topologies, length matching, skew control, and reference plane management • Working knowledge of DFM/DFT, PCB fabrication processes, and assembly constraints, including high-current routing, creepage/clearance, and thermal management for high-power designs • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines • Experience with other high-end PCB tools is a plus • Knowledge of signal integrity and power integrity principles for high-speed digital and RF designs • Experience using SI/PI and RF simulation tools such as HyperLynx, SIwave, ADS, Altium simulation features, or equivalent • Experience implementing EMI/EMC best practices • Experience with IPC standards, including IPC-2221 and IPC-7351 • Familiarity with MIL-STD, DO-254, or other aerospace/defense design standards • Experience with PLM systems and configuration-controlled workflows • Ability to mentor junior designers or guide best practices across teams • Experience in aerospace, defense, or other controlled industries is strongly preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Health benefits • Medical • Dental • Vision • Basic life with AD&D • Short-term disability • Long term disability • Ancillary benefits: voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet • Spending accounts: HSA, FSA, and DCFSA • Paid time off • Holidays • 401(k), including company match • Tuition reimbursement • Parental, maternity, and military leaves • Annual discretionary bonus for eligible roles

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