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PCB Layout Engineer

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In-Office
Mountain View, CA, USA
140K-180K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Mountain View, CA, USA
140K-180K Annually
Senior level
Designs complete PCB layouts for energy storage products, including through-hole, SMT, mixed-signal, high-speed, high-voltage, and high-power boards. Creates schematic symbols and footprints, collaborates with electrical and mechanical engineers on placement and board-level issues, and produces manufacturing documentation. The role also addresses signal and power integrity, thermal and mechanical constraints, manufacturability, PCB materials, stack-up design, and production readiness while driving projects through completion.
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Looking for a motivated PCB layout designer to design the next generation of boards for all of Lunar Energy’s products! The PCB layout designer would be responsible for doing full layouts of all our boards as well as designing library parts for new components as they come in. We are looking for people with a passion to create a more sustainable future and the skills to make that vision a reality. An ideal candidate is enthusiastic and ready to collaborate with a dedicated, cross-functional team to create innovative, best-in-class products starting with home energy storage systems. Engineers at  Lunar are hands-on, comfortable with both simulation and real hardware, and able to carry product development from the concept stage through high-volume production.

Lunar Energy was founded to transition homes to 100% clean energy—making our electricity greener, our air cleaner and our energy more safe, secure and reliable for all. We’re a fast-growing, global company building the world’s best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants.

Any given day at Lunar you may...

  • Designing and laying out a mixture of different types of technology boards, thru-hole, SMT and mixed signals.
  • Laying out high-speed, high-voltage, and high-power PCBs
  • Working with EEs and MEs for optimal part placement
  • Generating output files for manufacturing (gerbers, BOMs, stack up, assembly docs, etc)
  • Generating libraries (footprints and schematic symbols)

Desired Skills:

  • 5+ years of relevant circuit board design experience.
  • Work effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure design requirements are met and provide feedback and solutions on the board level for the issues related to hardware, signal integrity/power integrity, mechanical, thermal, and manufacturing.
  • Proficiency in Altium Designer
  • Experience with power supply and switching regulators layout.
  • Solid knowledge of PCB materials and developing board stack-up per design requirement.
  • Strong capability to drive projects and finish qualified design on time.
  • Knowledge of IPC specifications to aid your ability in design for manufacturability of both fabrication and assembly processes.
  • Excellent communication skills with strong initiative and the ability to work in a highly collaborative, team environment.
  • Must be willing to learn and grow with technology.

Benefits:

We’re dedicated to creating a remarkable employee experience. At Lunar, competitive base pay is one part of our total compensation package. Lunar employees also have the opportunity to become Lunar shareholders by getting equity in a fast-growing company and participating in our employee stock program.

Additional benefits include: 

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
  • Flexible Paid Time Off plus 10 paid holidays
  • Tax deferred 401(k) plan 
  • Paid parental leave for all full time employees including 12 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing mother and 6 weeks paid parental leave for the non-birthing parent 
  • Subsidized EV charging and pre-tax commuter benefits

Our DE&I Philosophy: Lunar Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent by supporting an inclusive workplace. Lunar recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law.

Our Compensation Philosophy: Our goal is to ensure that all Lunar Energy employees are fairly compensated. Please note that the salary range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act for California applicants. The salary range estimate for this position depending on level of experience is $140,000-$180,000 USD

The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package & benefits, will be at the company’s sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to years of experience, job level, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. The company also reserves the right to amend or modify this job description, employee perks, and benefits at any time.

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Lunar Energy Mountain View, California, USA Office

Mountain View, CA, United States

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