Job Title: PCB Design Engineer (CAD)
Job Location: Bristol, UK (Hybrid)
Job Type: Contract job opportunity
Key skills; PCB, CAD, Schematic, Circuit design, Mentor or Cadence PCB design flow, HDI PCB, EMC
Job description:
* Circuit design, requirements analysis, functional definition, and component selection
* Schematic & Footprint library creation and management.
* Bill of Materials generation and version control
* Liaison with procurement & manufacturing operations teams for new, obsolescent and end of life parts.
* PCB Manufacturing and assembly data pack generation.
* PCB Supplier liaison and management.
* PCB layout.
* Schematic and layout component part library generation and management.
* Creating footprints to allow multi-sourced components.
* Creating in-house design constraints to meet different assembly house rules. Expertise in design for manufacture, assembly, and test of the PCB.
* Parts list generation and version control, experience in a Product Lifecycle Management tool, such as Arena an advantage.
* Export of PCB design data for signal integrity, thermal & mechanical design tools.
* Generation & control of manufacturing data packs for PCB and assembly subcontractors. Mentor or Cadence PCB design flow for schematic capture, design constraints, PCB layout.
* Knowledge of HDI PCB stackups, via structures, controlled impedance signal routing.
* Understanding of layout techniques for the control of EMC, crosstalk and interference.
* Experience working in a small team in a startup environment, which requires a wide range of skills, an eagerness to participate in all parts of the development cycle from concept to supporting manufacture, assembly and customers.
* A rigorous approach is required to make sure designs will work correctly the first time.
* Independent working and the taking of responsibility, with excellent cooperative and communications skills to work in a small team environment.
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