PCB Layout Engineer (AI)

Location: San Francisco County, California, United States

Salary: $150,000–$250,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is partnering with an AI hardware company developing high-performance computing systems.

What you will do

• Lead PCB layout from layer-stack planning and impedance definition through component placement, routing, and production documentation.
• Develop breakout and routing strategies for large, fine-pitch BGA devices and implement power distribution layouts for demanding current and thermal requirements.
• Translate electrical and mechanical requirements into practical layout constraints while resolving design tradeoffs with engineering teams.
• Coordinate manufacturability and assembly reviews with PCB suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Support prototype evaluation, troubleshooting, board bring-up, and subsequent revisions.
• Improve layout productivity and design checks through scripting, automation, and new CAD capabilities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of PCB layout experience supporting complex computing, server, networking, or related hardware.
• Strong experience with dense, multilayer boards carrying high-speed signals and substantial power loads.
• Knowledge of controlled impedance, return-current paths, crosstalk mitigation, timing constraints, and via structures.
• Proficiency with a professional PCB design platform such as Allegro, Xpedition, Altium, or a comparable tool.
• Experience preparing and reviewing fabrication and assembly deliverables.
• Ability to collaborate with signal integrity, power integrity, packaging, and systems engineers throughout the design cycle.

Nice to have

• Experience with advanced semiconductor packaging, multi-die devices, or high-bandwidth memory.
• Backplane or rigid-flex layout experience.
• CAD scripting and workflow automation experience.
• IPC design certification.
• Direct coordination with PCB fabrication and assembly suppliers.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with hardware, packaging, signal integrity, power integrity, systems, and manufacturing engineering teams.
• Work with external PCB fabrication and assembly partners throughout the design cycle.