Senior PCB Design Engineer

Overview

In this role, you will collaborate with electrical engineering hardware teams and PCB/Assembly vendors to design and refine cutting-edge PCB stack-ups. You will apply design constraints, perform component placement, signal routing, and design for manufacturability (DFM). Together with hardware engineers, you will undertake signal and power integrity analysis and manage the release of fabrication and assembly packages. Your expertise will be pivotal in ensuring optimal design quality and effective vendor engagement within the consumer electronics space.

Responsibilities

• Design of complex PCBs/FPCs integrating analog, digital, RF, Camera, Display, Audio, Sensors, and power charging components.
• Improve and optimize PCB/FPC design processes in collaboration with embedded hardware and PCB teams to ensure readiness for fabrication.
• Manage vendor and internal team engagements concerning placement, routing, DFM, and Gerber reviews to meet design standards.
• Develop and oversee comprehensive PCB documentation, including fabrication and assembly packages like Gerber, ODB, BoM, and related drawings.
• Work with hardware engineers and document control to release fab and assembly packages into a company-wide PLM system, authoring ECOs as needed.
• Collaboratively maintain and expand the ECAD library with ECAD librarians.

Minimum Qualifications

• Over 7 years of experience in PCB design utilizing Cadence design tool sets.
• Expertise in designing Rigid, Flex, and Rigid-Flex boards, including HDI design and multilayer PCB techniques such as blind/buried vias and microvias.
• Adept at interpreting datasheets and schematics, generating netlists and constraints, and using schematics as a reference for layout and routing.
• Familiarity with PLM systems like Agile and understanding of IPC, JEDEC, IEEE standards.
• Skilled in applying layout design constraints for mixed/RF signal, high-speed signal impedance control, memory interfaces, power distribution, heat dissipation, and EMI optimization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Over 10 years of experience with PCB layout design using Cadence Allegro.
• Proven ability to manage all aspects of PCB design for high-volume consumer electronics.
• Experience in designing cost-effective consumer electronics with compact PCB footprints.
• Knowledge of EMC compliance and environmental safety standards.