Senior Hardware Design Engineer - PCB

Kforce's client, a growing Engineering Technology company located in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking a Senior High-Speed Hardware Design Engineer. We are working directly with the hiring manager on this search assignment. This position is 5 days onsite. Summary: This company offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, annual bonus and Stock/RSU's. The Design Engineer will be responsible for designing and developing circuit boards, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure design accuracy, performing design validation and verification, and troubleshooting any design-related issues. The role also involves maintaining documentation and ensuring compliance with industry standards and will lead the development of Design Verification Test (DVT) platforms for validating high-speed transceiver technologies. This role is critical to ensuring signal integrity, performance, and compliance of next-generation wireline communication systems. Responsibilities:

• Architect and design high-performance DVT boards for validating transceiver technologies across multiple generations and protocols (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, PAM4)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including RFIC designers, system architects, packaging, and test engineers to define board-level requirements and validation strategies
• Select components, create schematics, and oversee PCB layout optimized for signal integrity, power delivery, and thermal performance
• Develop and execute test plans for electrical characterization, including jitter, eye diagram, BER, impedance, and crosstalk measurements
• Debug and optimize board-level performance to meet stringent specifications for high-speed links
• Document design processes, validation results, and provide feedback to silicon and system teams
• Bachelor's or Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or similar field
• 3-7+ years of experience in high-speed board design and validation
• Proficiency in PCB design tools (e.g., Cadence Allegro, Altium or similar) and simulation tools (e.g., SI/PI analysis, HFSS, ADS)
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, and high-speed layout techniques
• Experience with lab equipment and/or RF/Digital test methodologies
• Experience integrating with lab instrumentation (e.g., VNA, BERT, Oscilloscopes) is preferred
• Excellent problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills

• Experience with Serdes and/or Transceiver technologies or similar is a plus but not required
• Experience with test automation and data analysis tools
• Experience with Transceiver technologies or other high-speed design is a plus
• Experience with the Design of DVT boards would be a plus
• Familiarity with protocol compliance testing (e.g., IEEE, USB, PCIe)
• Knowledge of thermal and mechanical constraints in board design
• Automate test setups using scripting languages (e.g., Python, MATLAB) is a plus
• Will consider candidates from various industries that are highly regulated such as Aerospace, Semiconductor, Medical Device, Pharma, consumer electronics, etc.