Pcb Design Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION
Title: PCB Design Engineer
Location: India

The PCB Design Engineer will be responsible for the layout of complex printed circuit boards including Digital, Analog & Mixed Signal technology. Candidate must have well-developed competency in PCB design & manufacturing and should have designed complex layouts with flat & hierarchical schematics.

ACCOUNTABILITIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Review symbols, footprints and components created by other engineers against our internal standards.
• Help support an eventual transition to database libraries, and expand our library operations to support OrCad, Allegro, Altium and Cadence.
• Responsible for PCB layouts of various IO, Communication and CPU cards.
• Working closely with Hardware, Mechanical, Component and production engineering towards developing new boards with highest emphasis on quality and schedule.
• Boards to meet all the DFM and DFT requirements.
• Coordinate with various fab and assembly houses towards manufacturing high quality PCB's Schematic drawing, net list and BOM generation.
• Hands on experience in creating Footprints as per IPC Standards.
• Board mechanical creation and Design Rules settings.
• Component Placement.
• Routing and Design Rule Check.
• Gerber creation and Verification.
• Fabrication details preparation.
• Thorough checking and verification of designs before release to Fabrication.
• Project plan and work schedule preparation.
• Responsible for coordinating with Hardware Design Team and Mechanical Design Team.
• Work closely with the board design and signal integrity team to achieve high quality PCB designs.
• Hands on experience in PCB tools like OrCAD PCB Editor and ORCAD CIS, Altium, CAM350 and Mechanical tools like AutoCAD.

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Knowledge on complete product life cycle for PCB design like components foot print creation, PCB placement, stack up preparation, constraint preparation, routing, Gerber generation, Fabrication and Assembly documents preparation.
• Ability to deal with varied multiple project assignments simultaneously.
• Experience with Cadence – EDM, Altium Designer and ECAD libraries/library configuration management.
• Hands on person capable of understanding the issues and performance of electronic components of all types and able to apply sound engineer practices to find appropriate solutions to issues.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor of Engineering (BE), CE, or equivalent degree required. 2-5 years’ experience working as an applications engineer, design/support engineer, or technical marketing engineer.
• Experienced with the use of the Microsoft Office suite of applications (e.g., Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
  Good knowledge of PCB Layout and Library, Strong analytical, problem-solving & organizational abilities.
  Basic knowledge in Placement, Handling Layout and Schematic.

This is a summary of the primary accountabilities and requirements for this position. The company reserves the right to modify or amend accountabilities and requirements at anytime at its sole discretion based on business needs. Any part of this job description is subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.