Hire PCB Designer

Pricing is transparent and tied directly to the engineer’s seniority, location, and engagement duration. Instead of large recruiting retainers or hidden mark-ups, you pay a simple monthly rate that already includes payroll taxes, workspace, benefits, and our management fee. Because we operate a global talent pool, costs are typically 30-50 percent lower than hiring locally while still giving you English-fluent, timezone-aligned professionals. Clients can choose between part-time and full-time allocations, and you can scale up or down with only 14-day notice. There are no setup charges, no minimum spend, and you can swap or replace a Hire PCB Designer free of charge within the first week if the fit isn’t perfect.

Intellectual property security starts at the contract stage. Every engineer signs a strict NDA with both smartbrain.io and your company, assigning all work product exclusively to you. Development environments are set up inside secure VPNs or VDI instances that you control, ensuring design files never live on personal devices. We perform background checks, maintain ISO 27001-compliant processes, and can accommodate onshore or ITAR-restricted talent pools if needed. Access to repositories is role-based and audited. Should an engagement end, we revoke credentials immediately and provide a deletion certificate. Our model gives you the same, often stronger, IP safeguards than traditional hiring while letting you benefit from flexible staffing.

Hiring in-house sounds simple until you factor in sourcing, interviewing, relocation, payroll processing, and retention costs. The average time-to-hire for senior PCB talent in the U.S. exceeds 12 weeks, during which projects stagnate and opportunity costs rise. Staff augmentation cuts that to 48 hours by matching you with pre-vetted engineers who already passed technical, English, and cultural screens. You pay for productive hours only, avoid employer liabilities, and can scale the team down once the board spins are complete. The flexibility and lower total cost of ownership make augmentation a strategic fit for innovation-driven hardware firms.

Our network spans North America, Latin America, and Central-Eastern Europe, letting us cover virtually any U.S. time zone with at least 4-hour overlap for stand-ups and design reviews. When you need real-time collaboration, we prioritise near-shore talent. For overnight progress, you can opt for a follow-the-sun model where engineers in Europe or Asia push the board forward while your team sleeps. We discuss preferred overlaps during the discovery call and present candidates whose schedules align with yours, ensuring communication never suffers.

Speed is our hallmark. After the discovery call we deliver a curated shortlist within 48 hours. Interviews usually conclude in another 24–48 hours, and accepted engineers can begin onboarding the following Monday. Overall, you can expect your outstaffed PCB Design specialist to commit code to the repository in less than a week from first contact—far faster than conventional hiring that drags on for months.

Each engineer passes a four-stage assessment: (1) portfolio and resume screen to verify years of board-level experience; (2) hands-on design challenge graded for DFM, impedance control, and documentation quality; (3) live technical interview with a principal PCB architect; (4) soft-skills and English communication evaluation. Only 3 percent of applicants clear all gates, meaning the shortlist you receive features elite, field-tested talent ready for production workloads.

Absolutely. We provide a 7-day no-risk trial for every engagement. If performance or chemistry isn’t up to your standards, we will replace the engineer at no cost or refund the unused portion of the invoice. Our 97-percent retention rate shows the process works, but the guarantee gives you peace of mind that you’ll only pay for results.