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Boston Dynamics · 4 hours ago

Principal PCB CAD Designer - Spot

Waltham, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$151K/yr - $208K/yr

10+ years exp

Boston Dynamics is a world leader in mobile robots, tackling some of the toughest robotics challenges. As a Principal PCB CAD Designer on the Spot electrical team, you will lead PCB/A CAD design efforts and manage outsourcing work while collaborating with a talented team of engineers to produce optimal board designs.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)RoboticsSoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead all of the Spot team’s PCB/A CAD design

Place and layout complex rigid, flex, and rigid-flex board designs spanning Analog, RF, power, and embedded computing designs (thick copper to coplanar waveguides to 10gig+ SerDes)

Manage outsourcing overflow work to third party CAD houses

Be the team’s Altium expert by helping engineers use the tools effectively, develop automated workflows/scripting, commonize board rule sets, etc

DfX resolution

Package and release board design files for manufacture

Create and review ECOs in Arena

Manage and build out a company-wide shared component library

Drive board builds with support from supply chain

Collaborate closely with mechanical, signal integrity, and test engineering teams

Assist with component engineering tasks (multi-sourcing & resolving obsolescence issues)

Qualification

PCB CAD designAltium expertiseElectrical engineeringDfX knowledgeCircuit board designPLM familiarityComponent engineeringSimulation toolsScripting languagesDetail-orientedCollaborative

Required

Degree in electrical engineering, physics, or closely related field

At least 10 years of directly related work experience (12+ preferred)

Strong understanding of circuit board design including stackup, via structures, material selection, HDI technologies, and DfX

Knowledge of the physics of electrical engineering (e.g. transmission line theory and effects of layout on signal performance)

Expert level Altium user

Familiarity with PLMs (Arena preferred)

A love of collaborating with electrical design engineers (e.g. you enjoy friendly heated debates on via placement for bypass capacitors in design reviews)

Appreciation for what quality layout looks like and a willingness to iterate until it's right, even when that means ripping up layout in final cleanup

Highly detail-oriented and organized