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As part of the Sonos team, you’ll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives.\nDescription\nAs an Principal PCB Designer on the Product Development Team, you will apply your layout expertise to hands-on PCB layout work and serve as a design reviewer for layouts created by other engineers, helping the team catch issues early and maintain a high bar for layout quality. Beyond layout work, you will contribute to and may own and maintain the electrical CAD library infrastructure that our EE\norganization relies on to design accurately and efficiently.\nWhat You will D o\nOwn high-density, multi-layer, high-speed HDI and PCB designs from initial layout through manufacturing release\nEstablish, document, and enforce company-wide PCB design rules, stackups, and CAD library best practices\nReview layouts created by other designers, providing feedback to ensure design and manufacturability standards are met\nCollaborate closely with EE, ME, Thermal, and Radio Engineers to manage signal integrity, spatial constraints, model exchanges (IDX/IDF), and thermal dissipation\nDrive PCB vendor evaluations, substrate material selection, and tooling capabilities in partnership with Sourcing and JDM partners\nGrow and maintain the electrical CAD library, including Allegro PCB footprints and running simulations within the eCAD layout tool\nSupport some international travel for team alignment and factory/supplier visits\nWhat You will Need\nBasic Qualifications\nBS degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with 12+ years of relevant PCB layout experience\nProven experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, DDR4/DDR5, HDMI, MIPI, Ethernet), RF layout, HDI, blind/buried vias, and flex/rigid-flex board designs\nProven experience setting up, owning, and maintaining physical and electrical layout rules inside a Constraints Manager to enforce design compliance across complex board layouts\nSolid understanding of Signal Integrity (SI) & Power Integrity (PI) guidelines, layer stackup creation, impedance matching, power delivery networks (PDN), and trace shielding\nHands-on experience collaborating with CM/JDMs partners on Design for Manufacturability, Assembly, and Test\nProficient in verbal and written English with excellent communication skills to explain design decisions and document standards\nComfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple requests simultaneously\nDemonstrated ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, JDM partners, and global team members across different time zones\nPreferred Qualifications\nTechnical foundation in electrical engineering; direct experience with OrCAD and Cadence Allegro is preferred\nExperience supporting high-volume consumer electronics products\nScripting/automation skills in Cadence Allegro (SKILL scripting, TCL, or Python) to streamline layout workflows\nExperience with PLM system integration (Arena) for BOM management and release\nYour profile will be reviewed and you'll hear from us once we have an update. 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