Job Title: PCB Layout Engineer
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Duration: 6 months contract to start with
Top 3 must-have HARD skills:
Wearables consumer product design background
Rigid/flex circuit technology
Familiar with HDI layout experiences.
Good to have skills:
Can read and resolve SoC vendor SIPI simulation report.
Responsibilities
• Own and improve PCB/FPC design processes, work with hardware team, contractors, and CM PCB teams to deliver fab releases.
• Own complex PCB/FPC designs, containing analog, digital, RF, Camera, Display, Audio, Sensors and power charging components.
• Manage and coach CM and PCB vendors on placement/routing/DFM/Working Gerber review to meet client's design quality.
• Create and manage PCB documentation including fabrication and assembly packages, such as Gerber, ODB, BoM, fab, and assembly drawings.
• Interface with board fabrication vendor to select proper materials and stack-up, use correct impedance and DFX rulesets.
• Work with assembly vendors to supply data and seek assembly design requirements. Resolve DFM and manufacturing-related issues.
• Work with hardware engineers and document control departments to release fab and assembly packages into a company-wide PLM system. Author ECO’s if necessary.
• Work closely with ECAD librarians to maintain and expand the company-wide library.
Minimum Qualifications
• BS in EE or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of PCB design experience
• Experience with Cadence tool sets
• Experience in managing and coaching CMs and PCB vendors
• Prepare fabrication notes, assembly notes, and all deliverables, such as Gerber files, drill charts, PCB assembly BOMs, and other PCB and assembly-related documents required by PCB fabrication vendors to build circuit boards for prototypes and products
• Experience interpreting datasheets and schematics, generating netlists and constraints, and using schematics for layout and routing reference
• Experience with PLM systems such as Agile
• Knowledge and understanding of IPC, JEDEC, IEEE, and other electronic standards
• Experience with HDI design. Knowledge of multilayer PCB layout, fabrication and assembly techniques including blind/buried vias, and microvias
• Experience with Rigid, Flex, and Rigid-Flex boards design and manufacturing
• Experience in PCB layout design constraints for mixed/RF signal, high-speed signal impedance control, memory interfaces, power distribution, heat dissipation, and optimization for EMI performance
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with mSAP technologies
• Experience with SiP technologies
• 10+ years experience of PCB layout design using Cadence Allegro
• Proven track record in designing & manage all aspects of the printed board design used in high-volume consumer products
• Experience in cost effective consumer electronics design
• Knowledge in EMC compliance, and environmental safety compliance.
