PCB Designer

Responsibilities and Duties

Create printed circuit board (PCB) design solutions for 10W to 300W power conversion boards, microcontroller systems, where high component density, high pin count device, and high layer count designs may be necessary

In conjunction with hardware design engineering and external vendors, generates, and uses design guidelines and design rules for implementation of printed circuit board design structures

Performs design rule checks (DRC) on the printed circuit board designs

Generates, verifies and validates Gerber data of PCB design

Prepare manufacturing package of the printed circuit board designs for use in fabrication and assembly of the PCB as required by established procedures

Create, verify and validate symbols representing the physical characteristics of electrical and mechanical components to be assembled PCB

Responsible for creation and maintenance of Printed Circuit Board related libraries

Perform schematic symbol creation and schematic entry as directed by engineers

Make modifications to product lines as directed by engineers

Confer with engineering staff to resolve design details or problems

Maintain technical relationships with PCB fabrication vendors, and resolves technical issues during PCB fabrication

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Skills

Associates degree plus 3+ years of experience in electronic CAD design or 6+ years of experience in electronic CAD design

Experience with medium power boards, linear regulators, switching regulator layout and routing, techniques for low noise layout, and design for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)

Experienced with FPGA’s theory and PCB layout;

Experienced in high frequency digital PCB layout(200MHz, 100MHz and up);

Experienced in DAC PCB layout;

Experienced in differential circuit layout;

Experienced in Multiple Layout(at least 6 layers).

Proficiency with respect to IPC standards for printed circuit board design, and related design rule check operations

Experience with high voltage PCB layout (500V to kVs)

Experienced in multi-layer PCB Layout (including 6+ layers)

Proficiency with Mentor Graphics Expedition/Xpedition preferred