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About the Role

Design printed circuit board assemblies optimized for medium-scale mass production, including electrical power, data handling, and sensor interfacing systems. You will be responsible for complex high-speed digital, analog, RF and Microwave PCB/PCBA designs and interfacing with electrical design engineers to ensure board requirements are met. You will also work with board manufacturers to ensure product quality.

Responsibilities

Design layout of RF/Microwave, power, microprocessor, high-speed interface, and mixed-signal Printed Circuit Boards for satellite applications in concert with the electrical design engineers
Collaborate with electrical design engineers and supply chain to manage PCB design in Altium environment and the integration with the configuration control, inventory, and manufacturing system
Coordinate with vendors to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality, high-reliability PCB Assemblies that meet IPC standards
Generate fabrication and assembly packages, including drawings, and management of design and drawing templates
Create parts entries, including footprints and schematic symbols, for the Altium database parts library
Manage the Altium parts library
Partner with electrical design engineers to manage subcontractors performing PCB layouts of their designs and reviewing their outputs
Select PCB material and fabrication processes

Requirements

5+ years experience in PCB layout design
Experience with Altium Designer
Experience implementing and enforcing IPC standards for PCB design, fabrication, and assembly
Experience with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) checks, running design rule checks (DRCs)
Experience with quality management, i.e. addressing quality issues with vendors resulting in corrective actions
Experience with high density, flex and rigid-flex PCB design and boards using RF material
This position requires access to export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

Skills

Altium Designer
IPC standards
Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
Design for Test (DFT)
DRC (design rule checks)
Quality management
High density PCB design
Flex PCB design
Rigid-flex PCB design
RF material board design

Location

San Francisco

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

5+ years experience

Salary/Compensations

$144,500—$180,600 USD

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
Volunteering Paid Time Off

About the Company

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history.
This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.
We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.
Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.
We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth.
Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

Equal Opportunity

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply.
Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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