Electrical Design Engineer

Employer: FormFactor, Inc.

Position: Electrical Design Engineer (Job code 91869)

Duties

• Develop probe card design processes to take customer input and generate a netlist to assign PCB components and tester channels.
• Train new employees on these design processes.
• Responsible for probe card production design, applying product specifications and electrical circuit knowledge, internal design processes, design rules, and manufacturing processes knowledge.
• Utilize custom design tools to process the requirements for the
• Design team for high quality designs and fast design time.
• Work with customers face to face or over the phone to provide quick turn analysis and feedback results to the Sales and Design teams.
• Generate mechanical data and netlists with design rules such as timing and differential pairs/high speed, and component placement.
• Work with multiple teams (Sales, Marketing, PCB design, Substrate, and Mechanical) for design, training, and customer evaluations.
• Responsible for project management including design, scheduling, progress, and quality.
• Work with Design and Automation groups to define, develop, and improve design tools and the design process.
• Responsible for probe card design entry from customer technical specifications using schematic and/or spreadsheet-based formats.
• Manage multiple PCB design projects from start to finish.
  
  

Education Required

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Experience Required

5 years of progressive experience as PCB Designer, PCB Design Engineer, or related occupation

Special Requirements

• Must have at least 1 year of prior work experience in each of the following:
• Working on design for signal integrity and routing rules using MS Excel and Allegro Constraint Manager.
• Performing PCB Layout using at least one of the following: PADS, Allegro, or AutoCAD.
• Working on digital and analog circuit design using Excel and PADS Logic.
• Using software driven DFM to maximize first pass yield manufacturing and reduce cost.
• Designing and manufacturing using the following techniques: Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT).
• Working with 60 multilayers PCB design of wafer probe cards involving analog, digital high speed, and mixed signals.
• Using Cadence Allegro with constraint driven design rules, differential pairs, and concurrent design with multiple users.
  
  

Position permits telecommuting: applicant may reside anywhere in U.S. and reports to Livermore, CA office.

Salary: $175,656 to $200,000 per year

Worksite: 7005 Southfront Road, Livermore, CA 94551