PCB System Architect

Job Description

What we need

We are looking for a PCB Systems Architect — Design & Component Strategy to join our Electrical Engineering team within our Bot Hardware organization. Your job will be to elevate how we design, standardize, and scale PCB systems across the company.

In this role, you’ll go beyond board design—you’ll define the tools, libraries, and component strategies that enable an entire engineering organization to move faster and build better products. You’ll serve as a technical leader in PCB layout excellence, drive consistency across platforms, and play a key role in improving reliability, cost, and supply chain resilience.

This is a high-impact opportunity for someone who enjoys both hands-on design work and building the systems and standards that scale engineering teams.

What we do

The Electrical Engineering team is part of the Bot Hardware organization at Symbotic, responsible for building the electronic foundation that powers our autonomous robotic systems. We design and deliver the PCB architectures, component strategies, and hardware platforms that enable our robots to operate reliably at massive scale across warehouses, micro-fulfillment centers, and emerging applications.

Our work sits at the intersection of robotics, electronics, and high-performance system design—supporting some of the most advanced automation systems in the world.

What you’ll do

Enable the Engineering Team – Tool & Library Management

• Administer and optimize Altium Designer licenses, coordinate upgrades, and partner with IT for enterprise-level tool management.

• Lead the consolidation of schematic and layout libraries across multiple existing design environments into a unified Altium ecosystem.

• Establish and maintain a unified, authoritative Altium component library linked to our PLM system.

• Develop, document, and champion the end-to-end process for submitting Altium designs to PLM.

Component Engineering – Strategy & Lifecycle

• Drive adoption of automotive-grade components across new platform designs for best-in-class reliability.

• Build and manage a common component platform strategy to accelerate design reuse and rapid product rollout.

• Lead proactive cost reduction efforts through multi-vendor qualification and long-lifecycle component selection.

• Synchronize new part creation workflows between Altium and PLM to eliminate errors and delays.

• Qualify and validate alternate components to ensure supply chain resilience.

• Own component lifecycle management: monitor end-of-life alerts, plan transitions, and maintain supply continuity.

PCB Layout Design – Excellence & Migration

• Serve as the primary layout designer for PCBAs developed by the electrical engineering team.

• Review all new layout designs to ensure quality, reliability, and adherence to Symbotic standards.

• Provide layout support to cross-functional teams across the organization

• Own the migration of legacy designs into Altium, fully integrated into Symbotic's design environment.

• Define and enforce layout standards that raise the bar across all new product development.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering with Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in PCB layout design, component engineering, or a related hardware discipline.

• Deep expertise in Altium Designer; familiarity with OrCAD Capture and/or Eagle a strong plus.

• Experience with component engineering, part qualification, and lifecycle management.

• Background in automotive-grade component selection preferred – robotics, automotive, or industrial electronics experience ideal.

• Familiarity with PLM systems and design-to-PLM workflows.

• Strong understanding of signal integrity, power distribution, and EMC design principles.

• Detail-oriented, organized, and capable of managing multiple concurrent priorities.

• Collaborative mindset – passionate about enabling others and raising team-wide standards.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting multi-site or distributed engineering teams.

• Exposure to AGV, robotics, or embedded systems hardware design.

• Familiarity with IPC standards and PCB manufacturing processes.

• Experience with ERP/PLM platforms such as Siemens Teamcenter.

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