PCB Layout Engineer

DoorDash

$170K — $250K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of PCB layout experience with digital and mixed-signal boards
  • Expertise in stackup technologies and their cost implications
  • Knowledge in controlled-impedance and high-speed routing
  • Familiarity with PI/PDN fundamentals
  • Proficient in layout tools like Altium or Cadence
  • Strong communication skills for cross-functional coordination

Responsibilities

  • Conduct floorplan analysis and design stackups effectively
  • Develop layouts and footprints ensuring manufacturability
  • Collaborate with mechanical engineers for system compatibility
  • Coordinate with thermal engineers for optimal layouts
  • Engage with SI/PI engineers to validate board designs

Benefits

  • 401(k) with employer matching
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Comprehensive wellness benefits
  • Paid time off with flexible holiday options
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Disability and life insurance options
  • Family-forming assistance and mental health support
Full Job Description
About the Role

You'll bring PCB layout in-house - a core quality goal - owning floorplanning, stackups, and layout while coordinating closely with mechanical, thermal, and SI/PI engineering to land complete, manufacturable boards. You will report into the Director, Electrical Engineering on our Hardware team in our DoorDash Labs organization. Our offices are open, and depending on the role this position is hybrid or fully onsite - expect to be fully onsite when needed.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will...
  • Perform floorplan analysis and create stackups, layout, and footprints
  • Work with mechanical engineering to ensure fit and form compatibility with mechanical systems
  • Work with thermal engineering to ensure a thermally sound layout
  • Work with SI/PI engineering to ensure the board design is complete and robust
  • Drive toward consistently high-quality layout
We're excited about you because...
  • Strong PCB layout experience across digital and mixed-signal boards
  • Familiar with stackup technologies, their limitations and considerations, and cost/lead-time impacts
  • Controlled-impedance and high-speed routing know-how; PI/PDN fundamentals
  • Proficient in a professional layout tool (Altium, Cadence, or similar)
  • Comfortable coordinating with mechanical, thermal, and SI/PI engineering


Compensation

The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee's work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

See below for paid time off details:
  • For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
  • For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).


The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$170,000-$250,000 USD

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