Lead PCB design team, establish standards, mentor engineers, and contribute to designs while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With nine offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn,X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Job Description:
At Shield AI, our PCB design team is responsible for all of the circuit board designs in our various hardware products. You will lead and build this team as our product lines grow and we take on new design challenges. This requires a good knowledge of best design practices, manufacturability, PCB design process, and leadership. Ideally you have experience designing with power electronics, RF, high-speed, analog, and AC. Aerospace and/or defense experience is helpful, but not required. A good understanding of IPC standards, PCB materials, and stack-ups is necessary.
What you'll do:
- Lead a team of 3-6 CAD engineers and librarians for all of Shield AI’s PCB design needs
- Mentor teammates and provide technical feedback
- Establish PCB design team standards and processes
- Drive team workload, priorities, and schedule
- When needed, contribute directly to PCB designs, library work, and ECOs
- Engage cross-functionally with engineering teams such as electrical, mechanical, thermal, and HW test
- Support manufacturing by incorporating reliability and failure feedback
- Work directly with PCB manufacturing and assembly vendors to drive highly reliable designs
Required qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience as a PCB design engineer
- 3+ years of experience as a lead or manager
- Excellent technical fundamentals
- Extensive experience with constraints, net classes, variants, BOM and library management, design outputs
- Highly knowledgeable in cradle to grave PCB design processes
- Exceptional organization and communication skills
- Familiarity with Altium
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Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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Shield AI Waltham, Massachusetts, USA Office
500 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, MA, United States, 02451
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