PCB Tool Specialist

About the Role

We are looking for PCB design specialists to help train AI systems on professional PCB workflows. You will document how you work from schematic to manufacturing outputs, and validate PCB designs and circuit simulations.

Key Responsibilities

Take a design from schematic capture through PCB layout to manufacturing outputs in your tool.
Run design-rule checks, verification and troubleshooting for performance and manufacturability.
Write up design strategy, electrical reasoning and layout decisions.
Validate PCB designs and circuit simulations for correctness and clarity.
Review AI-generated PCB advice and designs for mistakes.
Follow project guidelines, take part in calibration and review sessions, and incorporate feedback to keep quality consistent.

Who We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

Expert-level, hands-on experience with a PCB tool (for example Altium Designer, KiCad, DesignSpark PCB or LibrePCB).
Background as an electronics, hardware or PCB layout engineer.
Experience with multi-layer boards and manufacturing packages (BOM, Gerber).
Clear written English.
Reliable, detail-oriented, and able to work independently and meet deadlines in a remote setting.

Preferred Qualifications

High-speed digital or power-electronics design.
Published tutorials or open-source hardware designs.
Experience mentoring others on EDA tools.

Rights, Confidentiality and Data Handling

Submit only work that you created yourself or that you have the right to share.
Do not submit material covered by an employer, client or third-party confidentiality agreement, or material you have no right to share.
Do not submit export-controlled, military or defence-related technical data.
Remove credentials, secrets and personal data from anything you submit.
Rex may ask for evidence of ownership or licence, may verify submissions, and may reject or remove any submission.

Legal and Compliance Notice

All content you submit must be lawful, and you must have the right to share it.
Do not submit confidential or proprietary material belonging to an employer, client or third party, or personal data without a lawful basis.
Rex may verify identity, credentials, ownership and licensing; may reject or remove any submission; and may report unlawful submissions to the relevant authorities.
Engagement and payment are subject to successful verification and to applicable sanctions, export-control, tax and employment laws.
The contractor agreement will set out ownership and licence terms for the work you deliver (to be confirmed by Rex Legal).

Compensation

Up to USD $125 per hour, adjusted by country of residence.