Chaos Industries
Senior PCB Systems Engineer
$141K–$194K
San Diego, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 15, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
About the job
Leads PCB architecture, schematic design, component selection, simulation, and prototype bring-up for next-generation electronic systems.
What you'll do
- Design complex PCBs, including high-speed digital, precision analog, and power-distribution circuits; own schematic capture and component selection.
- Simulate and validate circuit behavior, and guide PCB layout with placement, routing, impedance, and stack-up constraints.
- Lead lab testing, debugging, and initial bring-up of prototype assemblies.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
- 5+ years of hardware development experience focused on board-level circuit design and schematic capture.
- Expert proficiency in at least one major schematic capture tool.
- Knowledge of digital design and protocols, power electronics, mixed-signal design, and DFM, DFA, and DFT.
Nice to have
- Experience with FPGA hardware integration, level-shifting, and high-pin-count BGA fan-out.
- Basic Python or MATLAB scripting capability.
Pay
$141,000 - $194,000 (base salary)
Tools
KiCAD, Altium Designer, Cadence OrCAD/Allegro, Mentor Graphics/Siemens Xpedition, SPICE, SPI, I2C, Ethernet/SGMII
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