PCB Designer

The PCB Designer collaborates with electrical and mechanical engineering to develop high-density printed circuit board designs from schematics and part lists. This role involves component placement, trace routing, analysis, and verification using Cadence Allegro. The designer ensures designs are free of fabrication defects, prepares manufacturing data, and works with vendors for production. They also develop methodologies to enhance layout productivity and maintain design accuracy.

Must Have

• Collaborate with Electrical and Mechanical engineering on PCB designs.
• Develop new or modified high-density printed circuit boards.
• Perform component placement, trace routing, analysis, and verification using Cadence Allegro.
• Run checks and validations for fabrication and assembly defect-free designs.
• Prepare fabrication drawings, manufacturing data, and Gerber files.
• Work with external vendors for design review and part quotations.
• Prepare part lists, placement files, stencil artwork, and manufacturing data for assembly.
• Develop methodologies to enhance layout productivity.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of design and internal standards.
• 5+ years experience using PCB Layout CAD tools, preferably Cadence Allegro.
• Experience with high-density component placement and routing.
• Experience with multi-layer board stack-ups and mixed technologies (blind/buried vias, controlled impedance, RF).
• Experience with High power RF layout and critical impedance routing.
• Experience with high-speed serial and parallel memory interfaces.
• Experience with switching power supply, high power layout, and power distribution networks.
• Experience creating design rules and constraints.
• Thorough understanding and utilization of DFM principles.
• Thorough understanding of PCB fabrication, materials choices, and processing.

Good to Have

• IPC CID/CID+ certification

Perks & Benefits

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave

Job Description

• Collaborates with Electrical and Mechanical engineering in developing designs of new or modified, high density, printed circuit boards from preliminary schematics, part lists and basic description of the board function, configuration and arrangement.
• Component placement, trace routing, analysis, verification, and related work using Cadence Allegro.
• Runs checks and validations to ensure that designs are free of potential fabrication and assembly process defects.
• Prepares fabrication drawings, manufacturing data and Gerber files for PCB production. Works with external vendors to review designs and prepare part quotations.
• Prepares part lists, placement files, stencil artwork and manufacturing data required for assembly of PCB’s.
• Develops methodologies to enhance layout productivity. Participates in tools evaluations and upgrades.
• Works with CAD Librarians and manufacturing to ensure accuracy and consistency of design and developed internal standards.

Specific Knowledge/Skills

• 5+ years experience using PCB Layout CAD tools for printed circuit design, packaging, and fabrication. Cadence Allegro highly preferred.
• Experience with high-density component placement and routing in small spaces using minimal layers.
• Experience with multi-layer board stack-ups and mixed technologies such as blind/buried vias, controlled impedance, length matching, differential pairs, and RF.
• Experience with High power RF layout and critical impedance routing and fills.
• Experience with high-speed serial interfaces and parallel memory interfaces.
• Experience with switching power supply, high power layout, and power distribution networks.
• Experience creating design rules and constraints.
• Thorough understanding and utilization of DFM principles to ensure manufacturability and quality goals are met.
• Thorough understanding of PCB fabrication, materials choices, and processing.
• Familiarity with applicable IPC and IEEE standards for PCB design (IPC CID/CID+ certification a plus).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Skilled at working with external vendors and manufacturing to enable fast turn PCBA prototypes.
• Organized and self motivated. Able to juggle multiple concurrent designs and complete all work with minimal direction.
• Additional experience in lieu of a degree will be considered.