Printed Circuit Board Designer

Sr. PCB Designer/Sr. PCB layout Engineer

Brea, CA (onsite)

Fulltime

Job Description:

General requirements / responsibilities for a PCB designer that we would use

Must have expert knowledge of Altium and standard layout practices.

Experienced with high-speed interface layout such as PCIe gen 4 or higher, DDR5 or higher, USB type-c / 3.2.

Understanding of power integrity and layout to meet plane impedance targets.

Ability to read a schematic, and to assign/modify net classes if required (based on provided drafting guidelines)

Create and Maintain footprint libraries for each project

Help with technology selection for a given design such as HDI vs standard, and associated stack ups for manufacturability.

Help with review of existing footprints

Assembly and Fabrication drawing generation - Familiarity with Altium Draftsman

Ability to generate and validate Gerber and ODB databases against a specific Fabrication house's capabilities list

A basic design flow for a contracted PCB designer looks like this:

Technology selection - stack up, type and size of vias, minimum track geometries

Footprint Review - all layers

Create new footprints if required

Setup Design Rules and Stack up

Detailed placement

BGA fanout(signal and power)

Controlled impedance routing

Routing of uncontrolled signals

Define and connect to power planes

Length matching and cleanup

Add stitching vias, teardrops, and place designators

Documentation and Gerber review

Deliverables

Gerber database (RS274-X Format)

ODB database

CAD database (Altium)

Assembly drawing

Fabrication drawing

Drill Data (NC Drill)