PCB Design & Validation Engineer
Cspeed · Palo Alto, CA ·
- Category
- Hardware
- Experience
- 5+ years
Cspeed · Palo Alto, CA ·
At CspeedIO, a stealth startup building optical semiconductors for AI infrastructure, this engineer owns schematic capture, component selection, and layout of multi-layer high-speed test/eval and transceiver PCBs, and leads validation of optical transceivers — SerDes and optical characterization, standards compliance, and Python test automation using tools like Altium, oscilloscopes, and BERTs.
CScale is a startup backed by Sutter Hill Ventures and Atreides Capital - headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. Our executive team has a demonstrated track record of building and scaling category-defining semiconductor and infrastructure businesses at companies like Broadcom, Lumentum, Tesla, Apple, Samsung, Intel, and VMware.
CScale is developing next-generation optical semiconductor solutions for the AI infrastructure market, focused on enabling true “scale-up” architectures. Our mission is to replace traditional copper interconnects with advanced fiber-optic technologies that overcome the limitations of existing optics solutions and architectures.
We are seeking a PCB Design & Validation Engineer to own the design of test/eval boards and lead validation of our high-speed optical transceivers. You will design the PCB platforms that enable development and characterization, with the opportunity to lead PCB design for the transceiver module itself. You will review transceiver requirements, develop validation plans, and execute them across all major electrical, optical and control subsystems.
Key Responsibilities
PCB Design
Validation & Characterization
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications