Senior PCB Designer

About the role

• Due to the classified nature of our work, U.S. citizenship is required.

Requirements

• 10+ years of PCB layout and routing experience with Allegro preferred.
• 10+ years designing, high-speed digital and mixed signal PCBs starting from schematic netlists generated by other design engineers
• Experienced designing with high speed digital rates > 10 Gbps and > 6 GHz
• Experienced designing with high-speed memory interfaces such as DDR4
• Experienced designing boards with 16+ layers using buried and blind vias
• Experienced with controlled impedance transmission lines, including single-ended and differential stripline, microstrip and coplanar waveguide.
• Experienced creating and documenting standard processes to build symbols and footprints (decals), and ensure processes are followed
• Experienced creating and maintaining schematic symbols and PCB footprints for the entire hardware design group. May require leading a junior designer to help create and check new footprints.
• Experienced with designing to meet IPC requirements
• Experienced creating and documenting PCB design processes for both internal use and for use by contract PCB designers, and ensure processes are followed
• Experienced working closely with contract PCB designers to ensure our design processes are followed and deliverables meet our standard requirements
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills

Education

• Requirement: Relevant industry experience
• Preferred: BS or Associate’s Degree in EE/CE/CS or Computer Aided Drafting & Design

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with digital design engineers during parts placement and signal routing to ensure PCB design meets all requirements
• Collaborate with mechanical design engineers to ensure mechanical integrity as well as thermal requirements are met
• Work closely with PCB design contractors to ensure design processes and deliverables are met
• Work closely with PCB fab houses to ensure our PCB design requirements are met and resolve issues during PCB fabrication
• Work closely with contract assembly houses to clarify any design requirements and resolve issues prior to and during PCB assembly
• Manage a centralized library of footprints to ensure consistency and reliability
• Lead design reviews of internal and external PCB layouts

Benefits

Pacific Defense provides competitive salaries and an immediately vested 401K match. We provide 100% coverage options for the employee and 75% coverage for dependents’ medical, dental, vision, and life insurance premiums, and a flexible spending account for incidental health care expenses. We offer generous paid time off and federal holidays to spend time with family, pursue outside interests, or just get some extra rest.