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Principal PCB/A Materials & Process Engineer

Echodyne · Kirkland, WA · On-site

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About Echodyne

Defense, Security, Autonomy — Learn why Echodyne is a trusted leader, advancing radar tech that serves new applications. If ESA radar was the size of a paperback book, you would use it everywhere. Now you can. Ultra-low SWaP. Backed by NEA, Lux and Madrona.

About the role

Echodyne is seeking a Principal PCB/A Materials & Process Engineer with strong expertise in printed circuit board materials, fabrication processes, and electronics assembly processes to support the development and production of high-performance commercial radar products.

What they're looking for

  • Knowledge of PCB materials, fabrication processes, stackups, and design-for-manufacturing / Quality / Reliability practices for RF, high-speed, or mixed-signal products
  • Experience working directly with PCB fabricators, material suppliers, and electronics manufacturing suppliers
  • Ability to evaluate PCB/PCBA designs, fabrication documentation, supplier design rules, and manufacturing tradeoffs and prioritize activities based on this analysis
  • Experience with RF PCB materials, PTFE or mixed-material stackups, rigid-flex construction, metal-backed boards, or complex multilayer fabrication
  • Experience with advanced PCB processes such as sequential lamination, blind/buried vias, filled vias, controlled-depth drilling, or controlled-impedance structures
  • Experience with electronics manufacturing, supplier development, product manufacturing engineering, or technical supplier management
More about this role

Echodyne offers the world’s first compact solid-state true beam-steering radar for a wide range of industries and applications. Our high-performance radars work in all weather and are designed for autonomous vehicles, uncrewed aircraft & drones, and security of borders, critical infrastructure, and smart cities. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne offers its radars to companies working in Automotive, Transportation, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security, Smart Cities, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Airspace Management including Urban Air Mobility (UTM).

Echodyne is seeking a Principal PCB/A Materials & Process Engineer with strong expertise in printed circuit board materials, fabrication processes, and electronics assembly processes to support the development and production of high-performance commercial radar products.

At the foundation of every Echodyne radar is a printed circuit board assembly that must deliver RF, high-speed digital, thermal, mechanical, and manufacturing performance within a producible design. In...

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