ECAD Designer - On Site

Day to Day:

• Responsible for printed circuit board (PCB) designs from conception to manufacturing beginning on day one
• Responsible for library part creation, schematic capture, component placement, routing, and gerber / ODB++ files
• Responsible for documentation using Altium Designer and other tool sets.
• Create designs to include PCBs as well as flex and rigid-flex assemblies
• Responsible for daily interface with electrical, mechanical and producibility engineering disciplines to ensure the overall design requirements are captured and accomplished
• Responsible for providing technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
• Understanding wide applications of technical theories and concepts in the field of PCB design and manufacturing
• Capture existing schematics (currently in tif files), PCB board layout, reverse-engineering documentation (hardware only will be provided)

MUST HAVES:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or mathematics (STEM) and five (5) years of relevant experience OR, an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum three (3) years’ experience
• Experience with Altium Designer
• Experience designing analog, digital, or mixed technology PCBs
• Experience to include at least three (3) of the following:
• Placement
• Routing
• Auto-router
• Constraint Manager
• Use of Altium Designer to create PCB and harness drawings

Board Experience & layers:

• Simple to moderately complex (1 to 14 layer). Basic knowledge of IPC-2221/IPC-2222
• Experience designing at the circuit card stack level to meet concerns of adjacent disciplines, such as thermal, structural, mechanical, reliability, and quality.
• Experience with embedded test techniques, design for test, design for manufacturing, and/or design margin analysis
• Experience with a formal design process for circuit card assemblies.
• Proven ability to debug and resolve complex hardware issues during integration and qualification testing.
• Experience with performing circuit card assembly-level architecture trades, and/or with system-level power architecture trades.
• Experience documenting technical topics and presenting to customers and senior leadership.
• Three-phase power systems knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design efforts and/or small teams.
• Experience with technical drawing packages for circuit assemblies.
• Experience with tests and troubleshooting of circuit card assemblies in a lab or production environment.
• Knowledge of a formal design process for circuit card assemblies.
• Experience maturing a design concept from the block diagram or requirements level to development of a complete, verified hardware design.
• Experience with printed circuit board (PCB) stack up definition.
• Board layout experience of single and multi-lamination boards
• Experience in layout tools such as Siemens Xpedition Enterprise, Altium, EAGLE, Orcad, Allegro or alike
• Familiarity with IPC 2221/IPC 2222, IPC 6012 & IPC 6013.
• Working designs include full designs, re-spins, drawing updates, change notices, copper changes, and process improvement projects within and outside own discipline
• Working knowledge of Analog, Digital including DDR, Power, and mixed technology, including multi-layer designs with High Density Interconnect (HDI) technology
• Working knowledge of military and commercial design standards, GD&T techniques, and overall producibility considerations related to electronic packaging

Potential Work:

• MATS 100 Development
• ITA Development
• Manual Test Set Documentation
• Aging ATE Documentation
• Harness & Cable Design

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.