Complete Gerber package
Production-ready Gerber files, drill files, and fabrication notes for any PCB manufacturer.
PCB Design and Prototyping
PCB design and prototyping that turns your concept into production-ready hardware
I take your idea from concept to a working, bench-tested prototype, with production-ready board designs that perform as intended, pass EMC, and manufacture reliably.
20+ years experience
Clients in 15+ countries
Bench-tested in-house
No strings attached
20+
years of professional electronics design
20+ yearsIn electronics design
15+Countries served
Concept to prototypeEnd to end delivery
In-house labBench-verified, not just simulated
Why it matters
Layout is where a good circuit becomes a good product, or fails to.
PCB layout is where circuit design meets physical reality. A well-designed board makes the carefully engineered schematic perform as intended, passes EMC certification, survives environmental stress, and manufactures reliably at scale. Poor layout can turn a good circuit into a product that fails testing, overheats, or cannot be assembled. I design every board for manufacturability from the start, so what leaves the bench is ready for production. This extends to high-speed carrier boards for compute modules such as the NVIDIA Jetson Orin, where PCIe, MIPI CSI, and controlled-impedance routing all have to be right. That reaches from high-speed and signal integrity work, such as a compute-module carrier board for the NVIDIA Jetson Orin with PCIe, MIPI CSI, and DDR, down to clean, manufacturing-ready output that drops straight into JLCPCB or your fab of choice.
What you get
A complete, fabrication-ready package
Every engagement delivers the files, models, and analysis you need to fabricate, assemble, and integrate the board with confidence.
3D board model
Accurate 3D STEP model for mechanical integration and enclosure design.
Assembly drawings
Detailed assembly documentation including pick-and-place files, stencil data, and assembly notes.
Stackup specification
Controlled impedance stackup with material selection and fabrication requirements.
DFM report
Design for Manufacturing analysis with any required adjustments documented.
Signal integrity analysis
For high-speed designs, impedance verification, crosstalk analysis, and timing reports.
Thermal analysis
For power-dense designs, thermal simulation results and a heat dissipation strategy.
Prototype boards
Assembled and tested prototype boards ready for evaluation.
What good layout prevents
Common problems avoided
Professional PCB design heads off the manufacturing and performance failures that show up again and again.
EMC failures
Poor grounding, inadequate filtering, or antenna-like traces that cause radiated emissions.
Signal integrity issues
Reflections, crosstalk, or timing failures on high-speed signals.
Thermal problems
Hot spots, inadequate copper pour, or poor thermal via placement.
Manufacturing defects
Tombstoning, solder bridging, or assembly issues from poor pad design.
Impedance mismatches
Incorrect trace widths or stackup causing high-speed signal degradation.
Power integrity
Voltage drops, ground bounce, or inadequate decoupling affecting circuit performance.
How it works
A clear path from concept to tested board
1
Board planning
I define the board outline, layer stackup, and critical placement constraints, and establish design rules based on fabrication capabilities and performance requirements.
2
Component placement
Strategic placement that optimizes signal flow, thermal management, and mechanical fit. I position the critical components first, then systematically place the supporting circuitry.
3
Routing
Careful routing with attention to signal integrity, power distribution, and EMC. High-speed signals are routed with controlled impedance, differential pairs matched, and sensitive signals isolated.
4
Verification
Comprehensive design rule checks, signal integrity simulation for high-speed nets, and thermal analysis for power components. A DFM review confirms manufacturability.
5
Fabrication and assembly
Board fabrication with trusted manufacturers, component sourcing, and prototype assembly. In-house testing verifies functionality before delivery.
Who does the work
George Saliba
An electronics design engineer with 20+ years of professional experience across analog, digital, RF, and power designs, delivered to clients in 15+ countries. Your project is handled by the person who has shipped hardware like it, start to finish.
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Questions
Frequently asked
What kinds of PCBs do you design?
Everything from simple single and double layer boards to dense multilayer, HDI, rigid-flex and metal core, including controlled impedance and high-speed routing.
Do you assemble and test prototypes or only deliver Gerbers?
I deliver the full package: design, fabrication-ready files, and assembled, bench-tested prototypes from my own lab, including pick-and-place for the first builds.
Can you work from my schematic or start from scratch?
Either. I can lay out a schematic you already have, or take the project from concept and specification through to a tested board.
What do you need from me to start?
A description of the product, any existing schematic or block diagram, the key parts or platform you have in mind, and the mechanical and environmental constraints. The rest I work out with you.
Do you design NVIDIA Jetson Orin carrier boards?
Yes. NVIDIA Jetson Orin carrier board design is a core strength: high-speed layout for PCIe, MIPI CSI camera, USB, and Ethernet lanes, power sequencing and rails for the module, connector and I/O breakout, and thermal design for the module heat load. You get a manufacturable carrier board ready for your enclosure and production.
Can you handle high-speed layout and signal integrity such as PCIe, DDR, and USB3?
Yes. High-speed PCB design with controlled impedance, length matching, and signal integrity analysis is core work, including PCIe, DDR, MIPI CSI, and USB3 on multilayer stackups. This is what a compute-module carrier board, such as an NVIDIA Jetson Orin carrier with its signal integrity budget, actually depends on.
Do you deliver manufacturing-ready output for JLCPCB?
Yes. The design is handed over as a complete, manufacturing-ready package: Gerbers, drill files, a pick-and-place file, and a BOM that drops straight into JLCPCB or your fab and assembler of choice, checked against their capabilities first so there are no surprises at production.
Ready when you are
Get your PCB designed right the first time
Whether you need a simple two-layer board or a complex HDI design, professional PCB layout ensures your product works the first time and scales to production.
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