Senior PCB Design & Hardware Simulation Engineer

About the role

Gramian Consultancy, a boutique consultancy for IT professional services and engineering talent solutions, is hiring a Senior PCB Design & Hardware Simulation Engineer as an independent contractor. The role uses KiCad to analyse, redesign, simulate and validate electronic hardware, focusing on signal integrity (SI), electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and/or thermal performance. It is fully remote, at 40 hours per week, for about 13 weeks with possible extensions.

Key responsibilities

• Translate product requirements into circuit architectures, hardware specifications and validated designs.
• Develop and modify schematics and multilayer PCB layouts in KiCad, including component selection, routing, design-rule checks, BOM preparation and manufacturing documentation.
• Analyse existing PCB layouts and simulation results to find SI, EMC and thermal issues, then investigate root causes and define measurable acceptance criteria.
• Reroute PCB layouts to fix issues while keeping the original schematic, netlist connectivity and component selection.
• Run and interpret simulations of impedance, signal reflections, crosstalk, return paths, temperature distribution and thermal hotspots, and document model inputs, boundary conditions and material properties.
• Document design decisions, corrective actions and verification findings, and support prototype bring-up, debugging and design validation.

Required profile

• 8+ years of overall engineering experience, with at least 6 years of hands-on electronics hardware and PCB design, including multilayer PCBs.
• At least 4 years of practical simulation experience in signal integrity / EMC and/or thermal simulation.
• Ability to work independently, interpret simulation results and turn findings into measurable hardware improvements.

Required skills

• Practical KiCad experience for schematic capture and PCB design.
• Strong knowledge of circuit analysis, component selection and datasheets.
• Grounding, power distribution, signal integrity, thermal management, DFM and DFT.
• Technical documentation and problem-solving skills.