The Printed Circuit Board Designer will:-
* Be part of a small team generating approximately 30 PCB designs per year.
* Have detailed knowledge and experience of tools and techniques required to generate large, complex, multi-substrate PCB designs.
* Undertake PCB design activities from initial concepts through to generation of manufacturing data packs.
* Help maintain toolsets and supporting libraries/databases.
Core Duties
* Apply knowledge, technical skills and general engineering experience to generate PCB designs.
* Interpretation, generation, and management of schematic diagrams.
* Collaborate closely with the mechanical and electronic design teams.
* Collaborate closely with the manufacturing team ensuring Design for Manufacture and Design for Test considerations are embodied.
* Generation of manufacturing data packs
* Support Design and Peer Reviews
* Undertake component library management.
* Modifications and maintenance of legacy designs.
Knowledge:
* Proficient experience of Cadence Allegro toolset (essential)
* PCB design techniques for large, complex, multi-layer, multi-substrate, PCBs.
* Designing for controlled impedance, high speed digital, RF, mixed signal, high current, and large FPGA technologies.
* Experience of blind, buried, and filled via techniques.
* Experience of flexible PCB and interconnecting assemblies.
Skills:
* Ability to work with complex mechanical profiles to accommodate enclosure, structural, thermal, and screening requirements.
* Ability to work to ISO9001 and IPC-610 standards.
* Must understand detailed technical instructions and be able to communicate complex technical information to others.