What are the responsibilities and job description for the PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Design Engineer position at SARACA?
Company Description SARACA is a global engineering R&D services company supporting over 25 Fortune 500 customers across MedTech, Aerospace, Rail, Automotive, Semiconductor, Defense, and Farm equipment industries. The organization is ISO 13485 certified and has deep expertise in medical device design and development, including embedded software, UI/UX, mechanical systems, and product testing. SARACA’s leadership brings extensive product engineering experience, guiding a technically strong team of 400 engineers and consultants across onsite and offsite projects worldwide. With global presence, SARACA focuses on solving complex business and engineering challenges while fostering a culture of innovation, learning, and inclusion. The company is an equal-opportunity employer dedicated to helping customers grow faster and lead their markets.
Job Summary
Experienced Electrical/Electronics Engineer with 6 years of expertise in PCBA design and development, embedded systems, analog/digital circuit design, and PCB layout using Cadence/Altium. Responsible for end-to-end product development including concept generation, prototyping, testing, debugging, manufacturing support, and design validation. Strong knowledge of signal integrity, board-level electronics, communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, USB, Bluetooth), motor control systems, and EMC/ESD design considerations. Proven ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams, provide technical leadership, and deliver reliable, high-quality electrical solutions in regulated product development environments.
Required:
- Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience in a direct electrical engineering role.
- PCBA ideation, concept generation, design, prototyping, manufacturing, and troubleshooting experience
- Experience with analog and digital circuitry design and development
- Demonstrated proficiency in Cadence and/or Altium to design, simulate, and analyze circuit designs
- Experience with embedded electrical design
- Demonstrated ability to debug and test electrical systems using oscilloscopes and other test tools
- Detailed understanding of board-level printed circuit design and signal integrity issues
- Demonstrated ability working across subject areas with internal and external partners
- Strong collaboration, proven technical leadership capabilities, and conflict resolution skills
Preferred:
- Experience formulating and coordinating different engineering approaches to test hypotheses, such as hand calculations, computational modeling and simulation, empirical testing (benchtop and in vivo) and method development as appropriate
- Experience with rigid-flex PCBAs and flex PCBAs
- Experience with integration of motors in electrical systems
- Knowledge and how to control DC motors (e.g. brushed, brushless, servo, etc.)
- Experience with various communication protocols (e.g. Bluetooth, SPI, I2C, USB, UART, USART, etc.)
- Demonstrated proficiency in Cadence and/or Altium for PCB layout
- Design for electromagnetic compatibility and immunity, electrically fast transients, electrostatic discharge, etc.
- Experience with IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-2-2 etc.
- Design for test, manufacture, and assembly
- Experience with various programming languages (e.g. C, C , Python, Labview, etc.)
- Design control experience