High-Speed PCB Design Engineer for Space Payloads

About the role

We are seeking a High‑Speed PCB Design Engineer to lead the development of spacecraft payload electronics. You will own the hardware from concept through layout release, working in a zero‑margin environment where reliability is critical.

Key responsibilities

• Lead high‑speed PCB design for payload electronics across the full development lifecycle.
• Define and maintain technical specifications for electronic subsystems and high‑speed interfaces.
• Design to ECSS and/or IPC Class 3 standards, including stack‑up definition, controlled‑impedance routing, and manufacturability constraints.
• Run signal‑integrity and power‑integrity analyses (impedance profiles, eye diagrams, return loss, crosstalk, PDN impedance) and translate results into layout constraints.
• Select components (COTS and HiRel), qualify EEE parts and PCB assembly.
• Prepare and support electrical test campaigns (functional, performance, EMC, ESD) alongside test and systems teams.
• Assess reliability, failure modes, and safety of components and interconnects; contribute to design reviews and risk mitigation.
• Troubleshoot design issues through development, bring‑up, test, and integration.
• Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, and systems engineers to ensure clean integration.

Required profile

• Master's degree in Electronics Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
• At least five years of PCB design experience with a strong high‑speed background.

Required skills

• High‑speed PCB design
• Altium Designer (or comparable high‑end PCB tool)
• Controlled‑impedance routing, microstrip and stripline
• Stack‑up planning and differential‑pair routing
• Length matching and propagation‑delay management
• Parasitic modelling, via and return‑path optimisation
• Crosstalk minimisation and EMC‑aware layout practices
• Signal‑integrity and power‑integrity analysis (impedance profiling, eye‑diagram, return‑loss, PDN impedance)
• Component selection (COTS, HiRel) and PCB assembly qualification
• Electrical test support (functional, performance, EMC, ESD)
• Reliability assessment and risk mitigation