Senior Electronics Engineer — PCB Design & Bring-Up
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Job description
Senior PCB design role at Fiducial, designing and bringing up multi-layer, high-density boards for UAV compute and sensor platforms, mainly in a defence context. The role sets technical direction for PCB design and hardware bring-up and owns hardware from prototype to field-ready product.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- On-site · Delft, Netherlands
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Design multi-layer, high-density PCBs from schematic capture through layout and release
- Route high-speed digital buses (PCIe Gen3/Gen4, MIPI CSI/DSI, USB 3.x) with proper impedance control and length matching
- Design DC power systems for onboard UAV compute and sensor platforms that hold up under LiPo battery voltage sag and EMI from motors and ESCs
- Bring up new boards: debug schematics and circuits, chase down electrical issues on the bench, and flash firmware to validate hardware
- Set technical direction for PCB design and bring-up across the hardware team
- Own hardware from prototype through to a field-ready product
- Collaborate closely with embedded software, systems, and hardware and forward deployed engineers
- Work with freelance designers and contract manufacturers
What we're looking for
- Senior-level PCB design experience, judged by the strength and depth of the portfolio rather than a fixed year count
- Deep experience with multi-layer PCB design and stack-up planning
- Proven high-speed digital routing experience: PCIe (Gen3/Gen4), MIPI CSI/DSI, USB 3.x — impedance-controlled, length-matched traces on multi-layer boards
- Experience with DC power filtering and EMI mitigation for battery-powered systems with noisy motor/ESC loads
- Hands-on PCB bring-up experience: schematic and circuit debugging, bench-level fault-finding, and flashing firmware to validate hardware
- Proficiency in Altium and/or KiCad, plus a circuit simulation tool
- A portfolio of PCB projects you've designed and brought up yourself
- Willingness to pick up and learn new concepts quickly and to self-acquire missing background knowledge
- A high degree of autonomy, determination and grit in making cool tech work
- Full time availability (40 hours)
Nice to have
- Experience designing PCBs for RF/communications or radar applications, ideally with CST Studio Suite or similar EM simulation tools
- Experience with SBC/embedded carrier boards (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson, Rockchip) and camera/sensor interfacing (MIPI CSI cabling, I²C buses)
Benefits
(Really) flexible working hours — this role is bench- and lab-based, so we do need you on-site, but start/end times are yours to shape
Working in an international, world-class team of engineers and entrepreneurs solving real-life problems with amazing technology
The opportunity to take technical risks, to implement stuff the 'right' way and to iterate quickly with tight feedback loops
- Money of course
- 25 vacation days per year
- Reimbursed travel expenses and company laptop
- Large freedom in how you work and implement solutions, project ownership is incredibly important to us
- Responsibility over the things you build, you are the expert on what you design and bring up
How to get hired
- 1Send a portfolio of PCB projects you've designed and brought up, along with a resume, website, or other source that gives a clear impression of your background and skills
- 2If you could be a fit, an informal introduction to get to know each other
- 3A second focused interview could follow
- 4If you are the person they are looking for, they will discuss the specifics
Apply
About Fiducial
Fiducial is a young but fast-growing deep-tech start-up at the frontier of autonomy, perception, and defence. Its core expertise lies in 3D vision and graphics technologies deployed in a dual-use context for inspection and defence, developing software for advanced on-board UAV situational awareness in military applications with low-cost, widely available sensors and compute.
Mission
To safeguard European safety with interconnected solutions built on 3D vision and graphics technologies.
Key facts
- Aerospace Innovation Hub, TU Delft campus, Delft, the Netherlands
- Deep-tech / defence
- Office located in the Aerospace Innovation Hub on the TU Delft campus in the faculty of Aerospace Engineering
- Works with government agencies, prime contractors, academic research institutes and other start-ups
- Projects span from large tender orders to low TRL research with government agencies
- Cannot provide visa sponsorship