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PCB Design Engineering Lead (R3400) - Shield AI

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Job Title
PCB Design Engineering Lead (R3400)
Job Location
Dallas Metro Area
Job Description
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent, autonomous systems. Its products include Hivemind Enterprise—EdgeOS, Pilot, Commander, and Forge—as well as V-BAT and Sentient Vision Systems (wide-area motion imaging software). With offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kyiv (Ukraine), and Melbourne (Australia), Shield AI’s technology actively supports U.S. and allied operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X and Instagram.

Job Description:
At Shield AI, our PCB design team is responsible for all of the circuit board designs in our various hardware products. You will lead and build this team as our product lines grow and we take on new design challenges. This requires a good knowledge of best design practices, manufacturability, PCB design process, and leadership. Ideally you have experience designing with power electronics, RF, high-speed, analog, and AC. Aerospace and/or defense experience is helpful, but not required. A good understanding of IPC standards, PCB materials, and stack-ups is necessary.
What you'll do:
  • Lead a team of 3-6 CAD engineers and librarians for all of Shield AI’s PCB design needs
  • Mentor teammates and provide technical feedback
  • Establish PCB design team standards and processes
  • Drive team workload, priorities, and schedule
  • When needed, contribute directly to PCB designs, library work, and ECOs
  • Engage cross-functionally with engineering teams such as electrical, mechanical, thermal, and HW test
  • Support manufacturing by incorporating reliability and failure feedback
  • Work directly with PCB manufacturing and assembly vendors to drive highly reliable designs
  • Required qualifications:
  • 10+ years of experience as a PCB design engineer
  • 3+ years of experience as a lead or manager
  • Excellent technical fundamentals
  • Extensive experience with constraints, net classes, variants, BOM and library management, design outputs
  • Highly knowledgeable in cradle to grave PCB design processes
  • Exceptional organization and communication skills
  • Familiarity with Altium
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    Shield AI Headquarters Location

    San Diego, CA

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    Shield AI Company Size

    Between 200 - 1,000 employees

    Shield AI Founded Year

    2015

    Shield AI Total Amount Raised

    $1,073,144,960

    Shield AI Funding Rounds

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    • Debt Financing

      $200,000,000 USD

    • Series F

      $300,000,000 USD

    • Series E

      $60,000,000 USD

    • Series E

      $90,000,000 USD

    • Debt Financing

      $75,000,000 USD

    • Series D

      $210,000,000 USD

    • Debt Financing

      $20,000,000 USD

    • Series C

      $70,000,000 USD

    • Series B

      $25,000,000 USD

    • Series A

      $10,000,000 USD

    • Series A

      $10,500,000 USD

    • Seed

      $2,049,999 USD

    • Angel

      $595,000 USD