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Principal PCB CAD Designer

United States, Waltham 151000.00 - 208000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted January 26, 2026
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As a Principal PCB CAD Designer on the Spot electrical team, you will be responsible for all Spot PCB/A CAD design. Being the first hire in this position, you will have leadership opportunities to drive standard practices and processes. You’ll also serve as the central point of contact for outsourcing overflow CAD work. You will be a key member of a larger electrical team consisting of experts spanning RF, analog, power, and embedded computing. The ideal candidate will have a passion for layout and a background in electrical engineering so they can leverage their understanding of physics to produce optimal board designs. You’ll love working on a fun, collaborative, and talented team for one of the world’s coolest robots.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead all of the Spot team’s PCB/A CAD design
  • Place and layout complex rigid, flex, and rigid-flex board designs spanning Analog, RF, power, and embedded computing designs
  • Manage outsourcing overflow work to third party CAD houses
  • Be the team’s Altium expert by helping engineers use the tools effectively, develop automated workflows/scripting, commonize board rule sets, etc.
  • DfX resolution
  • Package and release board design files for manufacture
  • Create and review ECOs in Arena
  • Manage and build out a company-wide shared component library
  • Drive board builds with support from supply chain
  • Collaborate closely with mechanical, signal integrity, and test engineering teams
  • Assist with component engineering tasks (multi-sourcing & resolving obsolescence issues)

Requirements

  • Degree in electrical engineering, physics, or closely related field
  • At least 10 years of directly related work experience (12+ preferred)
  • Strong understanding of circuit board design including stackup, via structures, material selection, HDI technologies, and DfX
  • Knowledge of the physics of electrical engineering (e.g. transmission line theory and effects of layout on signal performance)
  • Expert level Altium user
  • Familiarity with PLMs (Arena preferred)
  • A love of collaborating with electrical design engineers
  • Appreciation for what quality layout looks like and a willingness to iterate until it’s right
  • Highly detail-oriented and organized

Nice to have

  • Component engineering experience
  • Experience with simulation tools (e.g. ANSYS tools)
  • Prior electrical engineering circuit design experience
  • Deep understanding of circuit board manufacturing process
  • Familiarity with Python, Delphiscript, or similar scripting languages

What we offer

medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and a annual bonus structure

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