PCB Design Engineers
Job Description
Design the Electronics Behind Mission-Critical Systems
Join a team developing advanced aerospace and defense technologies where precision, reliability, and innovation matter.
We're seeking a Senior PCB Design Engineer to support the design and development of high-reliability printed circuit boards (PCBs) and circuit card assemblies (CCAs) used in complex electronic systems. In this role, you'll own the full PCB design lifecycle—from schematic capture and layout through manufacturing release and production support.
You'll collaborate with electrical, mechanical, test, manufacturing, and producibility teams to create designs that meet demanding performance, quality, and manufacturability requirements.
If you enjoy solving complex design challenges and seeing your work become real hardware, we'd love to hear from you.
Location: Tucson, AZ (Onsite)
Relocation Assistance Available
U.S. Citizenship Required
Active Secret Clearance Preferred | Ability to Obtain Required
Why Join Us?
- Design hardware used in advanced aerospace and defense systems
- Work on complex multi-layer, rigid, flex, and rigid-flex PCB designs
- Collaborate with experienced engineers across multiple disciplines
- Influence product performance, reliability, and manufacturability
- Work with industry-leading PCB design tools
- Relocation assistance available
- Opportunities for technical growth and career advancement
What You'll Do
- Design printed circuit boards (PCBs) and circuit card assemblies (CCAs) from concept through manufacturing release
- Create and maintain schematic drawings, PCB layouts, fabrication files, and manufacturing documentation
- Perform schematic capture, component placement, trace routing, and design optimization activities
- Generate manufacturing deliverables including Gerber and ODB++ outputs
- Design rigid, flex, and rigid-flex PCB assemblies
- Support new board designs, revisions, engineering changes, and process improvements
- Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, test, manufacturing, and producibility engineering teams to ensure design requirements are achieved
- Participate in design reviews and support issue resolution throughout the product lifecycle
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance design quality and efficiency
- Support manufacturing readiness and production activities
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in PCB design, PCB layout, eCAD engineering, or hardware development
- Experience designing printed circuit boards and circuit card assemblies for production environments
- Experience with rigid, flex, and/or rigid-flex PCB technologies
- Understanding of PCB fabrication, assembly, and manufacturing processes
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering disciplines
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Active Secret Clearance or ability to obtain one
Preferred Experience
- Siemens Xpedition (Mentor Graphics) PCB design tools
- BluePrint-PCB documentation software
- Schematic capture, routing, constraint management, and component library development
- Gerber, ODB++, fabrication package generation, and manufacturing release processes
- Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design Rule Checks (DRC), and Valor NPI tools
- RF PCB layout and high-speed digital design considerations
- Aerospace, defense, medical device, telecommunications, or other high-reliability electronics industries
- Multi-layer PCB and high-density board design
What Success Looks Like
In this role, you'll help deliver reliable, manufacturable PCB designs that support advanced aerospace and defense systems. Your expertise will directly influence product performance, manufacturing readiness, and long-term program success.
Whether you're leading new designs, supporting complex board revisions, or improving engineering processes, your work will help create technologies that matter.
Full compensation package is based on candidate experience and certifications
At Quest Defense Systems and Solutions, we don’t just build technology — we engineer the future. From next-generation aerospace solutions to cutting-edge defense systems, we tackle the toughest, mission-critical challenges that keep people safe and push the boundaries of innovation. This is where problem-solvers, innovators, and visionary thinkers come together to shape the future. With over 25 years of aerospace and defense engineering expertise, our commitment to delivering high-quality, transformative solutions sets us apart — not just as an industry leader, but as a driving force for impactful change. Together, we’re not just leading the industry — we’re revolutionizing it.
Quest Defense provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.