Specialist - PCB Design, Various Locations

Job Title: Specialist, PCB Design 

Job Code: 46230

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL; Carlsbad, CA; Herndon,VA

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off 

Job Description:

L3Harris has an immediate need for a PCB Designer role who will support the design and release of rigid, rigid-flex, and multilayer PCBs. The individual will work with electrical, RF, mechanical, and manufacturing teams, you will apply defined stackup, signal-integrity, and fabrication requirements to produce accurate, manufacturable PCB layouts.

Team members will collaborate closely with electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, and manufacturing teams to ensure high-quality, reliable designs that meet performance and cost objectives.

Essential Functions:

• Create printed circuit board layouts based on electrical engineering schematics and design requirements using industry-standard design tools.
• Develop and maintain detailed fabrication and assembly documentation, including drawings, stackups, and design notes.
• Perform design rule checks, manage constraints, and participate in design reviews in collaboration with engineering teams. Implement feedback to improve design robustness and reduce production risk.
• Coordinate with mechanical engineering teams to ensure proper integration of printed circuit boards within system enclosures and assemblies.
• Support component placement, routing strategies, and signal-integrity considerations for digital, power, analog, radio-frequency, and mixed-signal designs.
• Creating PCB layouts using Siemens Xpedition Layout.
• Interpreting electrical schematics and engineering documentation.
• Ability to understand fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, and relevant industry standards such as those produced by the Institute for Printed Circuits (IPC).

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Siemens Engineering Data Management (EDM).
• Siemens Valor NPI experience.
• Siemens BluePrint PCB experience.
• Cadence Allegro PCB experience.
• Experience with high-speed digital design practices, including controlled-impedance routing and differential-pair layout.
• Experience designing multilayer printed circuit boards for radio-frequency or mixed-signal applications.
• Experience collaborating with contract manufacturers or fabrication vendors.
• Familiarity with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Testability (DFT) principles.
• Experience with three-dimensional mechanical integration and electromagnetic-compatibility considerations.
• Familiarity with product lifecycle management (PLM) systems and engineering configuration-control processes.
• IPC Certified Interconnect Designer (CID/CID+).

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California and in Virginia - Greater Washington, D.C. area is $79,500- $147,000 . This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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