Senior Printed Circuit Board Designer

Overview

We are seeking experienced PCB Design Engineers to join a fast-growing advanced hardware engineering environment, developing next-generation high-performance compute platforms. This role will focus on the design and development of complex, high-speed digital boards supporting extremely demanding bandwidth, signal integrity, and power delivery requirements. The successful candidate will work closely with hardware, SI/PI, systems, and manufacturing teams across the full product lifecycle from concept through production.

The work involves advanced board architecture and high-speed interconnect challenges associated with modern AI compute, accelerator, networking, and HPC-class systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop complex high-speed multilayer PCBs for advanced systems
  • Work on PCIe Gen6 and other ultra-high-speed serial interfaces
  • Develop PCB layouts with strong consideration for SI/PI, EMC, manufacturability, and thermal performance
  • Collaborate with hardware engineers, SI/PI engineers, mechanical teams, and manufacturing partners
  • Support schematic capture, floor planning, placement, routing, stack-up definition, and constraint management
  • Drive board designs from early architecture through prototype, validation, and production
  • Support debugging and bring-up activities where required
  • Work closely with external fabrication and assembly vendors
  • Contribute to design reviews and engineering process improvements

Required Experience

  • Strong experience in high-speed digital PCB design
  • Experience with PCIe, SerDes, DDR, Ethernet, or other high-speed interfaces
  • Strong Cadence Xpedition/Expedition experience
  • Experience designing complex multilayer PCBs
  • Understanding of signal integrity and power integrity fundamentals
  • Experience with controlled impedance and high-speed routing constraints
  • Experience taking hardware designs through full product lifecycle
  • Ability to work within a fast-moving engineering environment

Desirable Experience

  • PCIe Gen5/Gen6 experience
  • AI accelerator, networking, HPC, datacentre, telecoms, or server hardware experience
  • Exposure to SI/PI simulation tools
  • Knowledge of high-current PDN design
  • Experience with manufacturing and DFM/DFT processes
  • Familiarity with compliance and EMC considerations
  • Experience supporting board bring-up and hardware validation

Job Details

Company
Echelon Partners
Location
Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom
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