Zipline
Electrical PCB Layout Engineer
$150K–$210K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Jul 20, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States
About the job
Own PCB layout execution in Altium, turning schematics into manufacturable board designs and release packages for autonomous delivery systems.
What you'll do
- Create and route high-speed, low-speed, mixed-signal, power, and embedded-electronics PCB layouts; apply layout rules and address electrical, thermal, and mechanical constraints.
- Coordinate with engineering teams and manufacturing partners to resolve design, fabrication, assembly, and producibility issues.
- Run design checks and prepare complete fabrication and assembly outputs, documentation, and release packages.
What they ask for
- Experience designing production-hardware PCB layouts using Altium Designer.
- Strong understanding of PCB placement, routing, stack-ups, vias, controlled impedance, differential pairs, length tuning, grounding, shielding, and return-current paths.
- Experience with high- and low-speed board design, including digital, analog, power, sensors, connectors, and embedded-control circuits.
- Working knowledge of PCB fabrication and assembly processes, including DFM, DFA, and DFT.
Nice to have
- Experience with aerospace, robotics, automotive, medical-device, industrial, or other high-reliability hardware.
- IPC CID or CID+ certification, or equivalent demonstrated PCB design expertise.
Pay
$150,000 – $210,000 USD base salary
Tools
Altium Designer, IPC-2221, IPC-7351, IPC-A-600, IPC-A-610, Gerbers, ODB++
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