PCB Design Engineer

Snap Inc.•Los Angeles, CA

22h•$162,000 - $284,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Snap Inc. is seeking a Senior PCB Designer to join the Spectacles team. The role works closely with electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers to create flex and printed circuit board designs from prototype through mass production using Allegro PCB Designer. Designs include high-density PCBs, flexes, and rigid-flex boards that may use stacked microvias, sequential lamination stack-ups, and fine-pitch packages. The designer establishes and applies design rules, works within design constraints, creates artwork and fabrication and assembly documentation, and verifies designs before release. The role also collaborates with suppliers on stack-ups and capabilities, addresses engineering issues, manages external ECAD resources as needed, reviews Gerber/ODB++ data for release quality, and drives multiple complex PCB designs in parallel to meet program deadlines. Snap’s default-together approach expects team members to work in an office four or more days per week. The position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs. U.S. base salary ranges vary by pay zone: $190,000–$284,000 in Zone A, $181,000–$270,000 in Zone B, and $162,000–$241,000 in Zone C.

Requirements

At least 7 years of post-bachelor’s experience using PCB layout CAD tools to design high-density, highly constrained HDI boards with fine-pitch (<0.5 mm) BGAs, with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; alternatively, a technical Master’s degree and at least 6 years of post-graduate experience, or a relevant Ph.D. and at least 3 years of post-graduate experience.
Communicate effectively in oral and written form.
Understand and follow instructions.
Use logic and reasoning to evaluate alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to problems.
Complete assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
Work under pressure and meet close deadlines.
Analyze, organize, and prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines.
Collaborate in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment involving engineering teams, vendors, suppliers, and outside resource management.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing consumer electronic devices at production scale.
Experience routing impedance-controlled nets, including differential pairs, according to engineer instructions and component specifications.
Strong skills designing quality multilayer, high-density designs with consideration of analog, RF, high-speed, and/or power circuits.
Understanding of IPC, Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Testability (DFT).
Knowledge of PCB design standards for consumer-product interfaces such as USB, PCIe, CSI, MIPI, and Wi-Fi.
Experience with system integration and layout verification, including mating multiple boards, pin 1 verification, system-level high-speed length matching, and mechanical interference checks.
Experience with one or more of Flex and Rigid Flex Designs, Cadence Allegro, ORCAD Capture, CIS/CIP, CAM350, Valor toolsets, PCB ECAD library creation and management, or script and automation creation.

Responsibilities

Work with electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers to produce flex and PCB designs from prototype through mass production using Allegro PCB Designer.
Design high-density PCBs, flexes, and rigid-flex boards, including designs using stacked microvias, sequential lamination stack-ups, and fine-pitch packages.
Create fabrication and assembly drawings.
Define design rules, apply them in the constraint manager, design within limits, create artwork and documentation, and verify designs before release.
Collaborate with suppliers on stack-ups and capabilities and resolve engineering issues.
Manage external ECAD resources as needed.
Review Gerber/ODB++ data to ensure the quality of design releases.
Drive concurrent development of multiple complex PCB designs to meet critical program deadlines.