PCB Layout Engineer, Robotics

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 318,000 - 485,000 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Effective communication"]

Design high-density, complex multilayer PCBs for next-generation robotic systems end-to-end, from floorplanning through fabrication release. Own component placement, routing, and fabrication/assembly documentation, working closely with electrical, SI/PI, mechanical, and manufacturing teams. Collaborate on signal/power integrity, high-speed routing, DFM/DFA/DFT reviews, and stack-up development with fabricators, then support board-level failure analysis and maintain reusable layout constraints and assets.

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PCB Layout Engineer, Robotics

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Job Summary

Design high-density, complex multilayer PCBs for next-generation robotic systems end-to-end, from floorplanning through fabrication release. Own component placement, routing, and fabrication/assembly documentation, working closely with electrical, SI/PI, mechanical, and manufacturing teams. Collaborate on signal/power integrity, high-speed routing, DFM/DFA/DFT reviews, and stack-up development with fabricators, then support board-level failure analysis and maintain reusable layout constraints and assets.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • ā€¢Own PCB layout end-to-end, including component placement, routing, and fabrication release for complex robotic systems.
  • ā€¢Collaborate with SI/PI engineers to refine layouts based on simulation results.
  • ā€¢Implement high-speed routing and requirements such as controlled impedance, power distribution, decoupling, grounding, EMI/EMC, thermal, and mechanical integration.
  • ā€¢Work with fabricators and assembly partners on stack-ups, design rules, and DFM/DFA/DFT reviews; close findings before release.
  • ā€¢Prepare fabrication/assembly documentation (drawings, ODB++, drill files, stack-up tables, manufacturing notes) and support board-level manufacturing failure analysis.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 318,000 - 485,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Schedule:4-Day Week

Key Requirements

  • ā€¢6+ years designing complex, multilayer PCBs and owning PCB layout through fabrication release.
  • ā€¢Fluency in Cadence Allegro PCB Designer and Constraint Manager.
  • ā€¢Strong HDI experience (fine-pitch BGAs, microvias, blind/buried vias, via-in-pad, sequential lamination).
  • ā€¢Solid signal and power integrity fundamentals (return paths, differential pairs, length matching, crosstalk, power delivery).
  • ā€¢Experience partnering with PCB fabricators on stack-up development, manufacturing constraints, and DFM.
Experience:6+ yearsRoboticsMultilayer PCBsHDI design
Skills:Effective communication
Tech Stack:Cadence Allegro PCB DesignerCadence Constraint ManagerODB++Cadence SigrityAnsys SIwaveCadence SKILLIPC standardsHDIEMI/EMC

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALLĀ·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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