PCBEngineer

## Description 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 and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With 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: As a PCB Designer at Shield AI, you will be responsible for creating the layouts that support our aircraft. You’ll work closely with electrical, mechanical and manufacturing engineers to translate schematics and requirements into robust, manufacturable PCBA designs. You will be involved in all steps of the PCBA design process including stackup design, constraint management, mechanical placement planning, generating drawings and manufacturing outputs. ## What you'll do Create PCB layouts for complex digital, analog, RF, high-speed, and power electronics designs. Plan and manage PCB stack-ups in collaboration with fabrication vendors and manufacturing engineers. Partner with electrical engineers to interpret schematics, routing rules, and design intent. Collaborate with mechanical engineers to ensure proper board form factor integration, connector positioning, placement constraints. Apply best practices for signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, impedance control, and thermal/EMI mitigation. Conduct design reviews and implement feedback to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and compliance with company standards. Generate and maintain manufacturing documentation, including Gerber/ODB++ files, fabrication and assembly notes and drawings. Work with manufacturing engineering to ensure designs meet supplier DFM requirements. ## Required qualifications Bachelors degree in Engineering, OR 2+ years of experience in PCB layou