Design Engineer Jobs in Dallas, TX
Design Engineer jobs in Dallas, Texas are active across Uptown, the Design District, and Las Colinas, with demand driven by aerospace, defense, and industrial manufacturing. Employers currently posting include Texas Instruments, Olsson, and CDM Smith. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Job Description:
As a PCB Designer at Shield AI, you will be responsible for creating the layouts that support our aircraft. You’ll work closely with electrical, mechanical and manufacturing engineers to translate schematics and requirements into robust, manufacturable PCBA designs. You will be involved in all steps of the PCBA design process including stack-up design, constraint management, mechanical placement planning, generating drawings and manufacturing outputs.
What you'll do:
- Create PCB layouts for complex digital, analog, RF, high-speed, and power electronics designs.
- Plan and manage PCB stack-ups in collaboration with fabrication vendors and manufacturing engineers.
- Partner with electrical engineers to interpret schematics, routing rules, and design intent.
- Collaborate with mechanical engineers to ensure proper board form factor integration, connector positioning, placement constraints.
- Apply best practices for signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, impedance control, and thermal/EMI mitigation.
- Conduct design reviews and implement feedback to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and compliance with company standards.
- Generate and maintain manufacturing documentation, including Gerber/ODB++ files, fabrication and assembly notes and drawings.
- Work with manufacturing engineering to ensure designs meet supplier DFM requirements.
Required qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in PCB layout for production hardware (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Preferred qualifications:
- Solid understanding of IPC standards (IPC-2221/2222, IPC-7351, etc.)
- Familiar with PCB materials and manufacturing process, and stack-up construction.
- Familiarity with controlled-impedance routing, differential pairs, length matching, and high-current power distribution.
- Experience with scripting and automation
- Experience with Altium Designer
- Experience using simulation tools to validate layout designs
Full-time regular employee offer package:
Job Description:
As a PCB Designer at Shield AI, you will be responsible for creating the layouts that support our aircraft. You’ll work closely with electrical, mechanical and manufacturing engineers to translate schematics and requirements into robust, manufacturable PCBA designs. You will be involved in all steps of the PCBA design process including stack-up design, constraint management, mechanical placement planning, generating drawings and manufacturing outputs.
What you'll do:
- Create PCB layouts for complex digital, analog, RF, high-speed, and power electronics designs.
- Plan and manage PCB stack-ups in collaboration with fabrication vendors and manufacturing engineers.
- Partner with electrical engineers to interpret schematics, routing rules, and design intent.
- Collaborate with mechanical engineers to ensure proper board form factor integration, connector positioning, placement constraints.
- Apply best practices for signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, impedance control, and thermal/EMI mitigation.
- Conduct design reviews and implement feedback to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and compliance with company standards.
- Generate and maintain manufacturing documentation, including Gerber/ODB++ files, fabrication and assembly notes and drawings.
- Work with manufacturing engineering to ensure designs meet supplier DFM requirements.
Required qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in PCB layout for production hardware (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Preferred qualifications:
- Solid understanding of IPC standards (IPC-2221/2222, IPC-7351, etc.)
- Familiar with PCB materials and manufacturing process, and stack-up construction.
- Familiarity with controlled-impedance routing, differential pairs, length matching, and high-current power distribution.
- Experience with scripting and automation
- Experience with Altium Designer
- Experience using simulation tools to validate layout designs
Full-time regular employee offer package:
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Who's Hiring
- Texas Instruments103
- Olsson19
- CDM Smith19
- Shield AI19
- Analog Devices19
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
Design Engineer Jobs in Dallas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a design engineer job in Dallas?
Target employers in Dallas's aerospace and defense corridor, the industrial manufacturing base along the I-35E and I-635 corridors, and product development firms in the Design District and Las Colinas. Candidates with SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or CATIA proficiency and exposure to DFM principles move faster in this market. Networking through local chapters of ASME or SME also opens doors that cold applications often don't.
Which companies hire design engineers in Dallas?
Employers hiring design engineers in Dallas right now include Texas Instruments, Olsson, and CDM Smith, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. The Dallas market includes a strong mix of large defense contractors, Tier 1 and Tier 2 industrial suppliers, and mid-size product engineering firms concentrated in the Las Colinas and Addison corridors.
Are there remote design engineer jobs in Dallas?
Yes, though design engineering is largely hands-on, making fully remote roles less common than in purely desk-based fields. About 85% of design engineer openings tied to Dallas are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, with hybrid arrangements most common at product and software-integrated hardware firms in Uptown and the Platinum Corridor.
How can I get a design engineer job in Dallas with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Dallas is through a co-op or internship with one of the area's defense or industrial manufacturing employers, several of which recruit directly from UT Dallas, SMU, and UTA. Entry-level roles with titles like junior design engineer or CAD technician are common stepping stones. Proficiency in a major CAD platform and a portfolio of school or personal projects gives early-career candidates a concrete edge with Dallas hiring managers.
Which industries hire the most design engineers in Dallas?
Dallas design engineer roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Dallas's combination of a major defense and aerospace presence, a large industrial manufacturing base, and a growing hardware and product development ecosystem makes it one of the more diversified markets in Texas for this role.
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