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Palladyne AI · 19 hours ago

Electronic Board Designer

Kansas City, KS

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

Palladyne AI, through its subsidiary GuideTech, specializes in high-performance avionics and autonomy software for various aerospace and defense systems. The Electronic Board Designer will collaborate on existing designs and lead new board designs, contributing to schematics, layout guidance, and quality testing processes.

AerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)Industrial AutomationRobotics

Responsibilities

Collaborate on BRAIN

Contribute to schematics, constraints, and layout guidance for the BRAIN stack; partner with the current designer on reviews, DFM/DFT, and controlled releases

Support board bring-up & troubleshooting across high-speed and sensor I/O (e.g., MIPI-CSI, USB 3.0, GigE, HDMI, RS-422/485, PWM/DSHOT, IMUs, GNSS/mag/baro, watchdog/reset)

Develop/maintain FPGA RTL (Zynq-7000 SoC): IP integration, constraints, timing closure, and deterministic I/O for controls/sensors

Build functional test fixtures & automation (ATE) and integrate with Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation to shrink cycle time from assembly to flight testing

Lead New Designs (near-term Pipeline) Such As

ESCs (BLDC): gate-driver selection, current/voltage sense, switching power stage layout, EMC/EMI controls; collaborate on motor-control firmware

Gimbal controllers: motor drivers, IMU integration, precision timing/synchronization, encoder interfaces, jitter/latency budgeting

UAV PDBs: power architecture, protection, high-current layout, thermals, test

AI / CV boards: additional processor modules/chips (camera input, memory, power-up sequencing, drivers)

For each: deliver concept ? schematics ? constraints/stack-up ? DFM/DFT ? CM handoff ? bring-up & verification ? production test

Production & Quality (scale-up)

Contribute to the quality & test plan (incoming inspection criteria, ATP/QTP, boundary-scan/JTAG where applicable, environmental/EMI screening, yield tracking)

Prepare manufacturing build packages, work with contract manufacturers on DFM feedback, and drive ECNs/PCNs

Contribute to failure analysis and corrective actions

Qualification

Electronic Board DesignFPGA RTL DevelopmentHigh-Speed I/O InterfacesPower Distribution BoardsCamera InterfacesBoard Assembly/PrototypingSignal AnalysisTroubleshootingCollaborationDocumentation