Meta
Hardware Engineer, PCB Layout
$173K–$245K
Menlo Park, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in PCB layout design for high-speed digital systems and 8+ years with industry-standard EDA layout tools; additional experience areas are listed without years.
About the job
Leads PCB layout architecture and delivery for complex infrastructure and data-center hardware, from design through manufacturing and production support.
What you'll do
- Define PCB layout architecture, design constraints, and organization-wide standards for high-speed, high-layer-count boards.
- Lead signal- and power-integrity-informed layout, manufacturing reviews, and post-layout verification.
- Coordinate with engineering, manufacturing, and supply-chain teams across the product lifecycle.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of PCB layout design experience for high-speed digital systems, including DDR, PCIe, or high-speed SerDes interfaces.
- 8+ years of experience with industry-standard EDA layout tools such as Cadence Allegro, Mentor Xpedition, or equivalent.
- Experience defining stack-ups, impedance-control strategies, and design rules for high-layer-count boards.
- Experience translating signal and power integrity simulation results into layout decisions.
Nice to have
- Experience designing data-center infrastructure hardware, including server, storage, or networking platforms; experience with 100Gbps+ interfaces.
- Experience establishing team-wide layout standards or centers of excellence, and designing complex boards with custom ASICs.
Pay
$173,000/year to $245,000/year (base salary)
Tools
Cadence Allegro, Mentor Xpedition, DDR, PCIe, SerDes
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