# Senior PCB Designer at Kapta Space

- Company: Kapta Space
- What the company does: Kapta Space develops electrically steerable radar imaging technology for space, with an emphasis on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Earth observation. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://kaptaspace.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Redmond, WA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $110K to $145K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-14
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/kapta-space/531146e6-20d5-43f0-8a65-80ed49ba766c
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kapta-space-senior-pcb-designer/

## About the role

Kapta Space is seeking an accomplished Senior PCB Designer to own the architecture, execution, and quality assurance of printed circuit board layouts supporting our scalable Metasurface electronically-steered array (MESA) hardware for sophisticated spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and advanced defense target-tracking missions. This role blends hands-on technical layout work while following standards, design processes, as part of our small team of PCB designers.

## What they're looking for

- Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline (or demonstrated equivalent skills and experience)
- Significant experience of professional PCB layout experience
- Significant experience as a principal-level individual contributor working with multi-disciplinary engineering teams delivering complex spaceborne hardware
- Expert proficiency in Altium Designer and strong command of constraint-driven design
- Understanding of impedance control, differential pair routing, grounding strategies, thermal management, and EMI/EMC mitigation
- Significant experience with DFM/DFA/DFT principles and close collaboration with PCB fabrication and assembly vendors

Tags: Technical Engineering

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