Pcb Designer

Job Title: Senior PCB Design Engineer Job Description
This is a hands-on Senior PCB Design Engineer role focused on owning the PCB design process from concept to production. The position involves designing dense, small-form-factor boards for rugged robotic platforms and collaborating closely with firmware and hardware teams in a lab and robot testing environment. The role emphasizes execution, speed, and production readiness.
Responsibilities
- Design PCBs, including schematic capture and layout, for robotic subsystems.
- Work on high-density, small form factor boards typically consisting of 48 layers.
- Collaborate with firmware engineers on bring-up and integration.
- Debug hardware issues both on the bench and in the field.
- Support existing product sustainment and new product development.
- Occasionally interface with manufacturing and contract manufacturers.
Essential Skills
- Recent, hands-on PCB design experience, actively designing boards.
- Strong skills in schematic capture, PCB layout, and debugging.
- Full product lifecycle experience from concept to volume scaling.
- Experience with motor control or battery management systems.
- Production-oriented engineering mindset with experience working under tight timelines.
- Hardware ownership and hands-on testing, including board bring-up and debugging.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Experience with brushless DC motor controllers and battery management systems is a major plus.
- Experience with compact, embedded, or ruggedized electronics.
- Exposure to robotics platforms.
- Familiarity with Altium Designer is preferred but not required.
- Experience interfacing with contract manufacturers.
Work Environment
This role requires working 3-4 days a week onsite in Philadelphia, PA. The technical environment includes using tools like Altium and working with hardware such as motor control electronics, battery systems, and sensor integration. The team is highly technical, and the role requires balancing research and development with execution-focused engineering.
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Philadelphia, PA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $130000.00 - $160000.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. PTO Holiday equity 401k health dental vision
Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Philadelphia, PA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 30, 2026.
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Philadelphia,PA. About Actalent

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