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  • Meta
  • Menlo Park, CA
  • Full-Time
  • 30 days ago
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Hardware Engineer, PCB Layout.

Hardware & Semiconductor Engineering Full-Time

Hardware Engineer, PCB Layout: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role designs complex printed circuit boards for large-scale infrastructure hardware used in data centers and other infrastructure platforms.
  • The Person:The person will define PCB layout architecture, own design rules and standards, run layout verification, support manufacturability reviews, and collaborate with electrical, mechanical, supply chain, and manufacturing teams.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has 8+ years of PCB layout design experience with high-speed digital systems, Cadence Allegro or Mentor Xpedition, and experience with DDR, PCIe, SerDes, signal integrity, and power integrity.

About the role

Meta is seeking a Staff PCB Layout Engineer to drive the design and delivery of complex printed circuit boards for large-scale infrastructure hardware. In this role, you will define layout architecture and establish engineering standards for high-speed digital, power delivery, and signal integrity-critical designs that power Meta's data center and infrastructure platforms. You will partner with electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, and manufacturing teams to shape board-level design strategy from concept through mass production, ensuring reliability and performance at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Define PCB layout architecture and floorplanning strategies for complex, high-layer-count boards used in infrastructure and data center hardware
  • Establish and own PCB design rules, constraints, and layout guidelines for high-speed interfaces including PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, and SerDes
  • Lead signal integrity and power integrity analysis in collaboration with electrical engineering teams, driving layout decisions based on simulation results
  • Drive design-for-manufacturability reviews with contract manufacturers and PCB fabricators to ensure yield, reliability, and cost targets are met
  • Define and maintain organization-wide PCB layout standards, templates, and best practices adopted across infrastructure hardware programs
  • Collaborate with mechanical engineers to resolve board-level packaging constraints, thermal management requirements, and enclosure integration challenges
  • Provide technical guidance to other layout engineers across multiple concurrent infrastructure hardware programs
  • Partner with supply chain and component engineering teams to evaluate and qualify alternative components and footprints
  • Lead post-layout verification activities including design rule checks, electrical rule checks, and pre-production board bring-up support
  • Evaluate and introduce new EDA tooling, layout methodologies, and fabrication technologies to improve design quality and cycle time
Minimum Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in PCB layout design for high-speed digital systems, including boards with DDR, PCIe, or high-speed SerDes interfaces
  • 8+ years of experience with industry-standard EDA layout tools such as Cadence Allegro, Mentor Xpedition, or equivalent
  • Experience defining PCB stack-up configurations, impedance control strategies, and design rule constraints for high-layer-count boards
  • Experience collaborating with signal integrity and power integrity teams to translate simulation results into layout implementation decisions
  • Experience leading PCB layout efforts across the full product development lifecycle from schematic capture through manufacturing release
Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience designing PCBs for data center infrastructure hardware including server, storage, or networking platforms
  • Experience with high-speed (100Gbps+) signal interfaces
  • Experience establishing layout centers of excellence or defining team-wide PCB design standards across multiple concurrent programs
  • Experience with complex designs using custom ASICs

$173,000/year to $245,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Published October 5, 2026
Location Menlo Park, CA
Job Type Full-Time