PCB Integration Engineer

Garmin International, Inc.•Olathe, KS

16h•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a full-time PCB Integration Engineer at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for furthering the PCB and FPC technologies and their adoption inside Garmin. This role serves as the technical bridge between product design teams and PCB suppliers to ensure PCB technologies are properly integrated, validated, optimized, and manufacturable.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or another related degree AND a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience
Demonstrated expertise in the architecture, integration, validation and troubleshooting of at least one hardware component technology domain
Demonstrated knowledge of hardware interfaces, electrical requirements, communication protocols, control signals, and integration constraints
Experience characterizing component performance across operating conditions to ensure technical and business requirements are met
Knowledge of power, thermal, and signal integrity considerations and their impact on component and system performance
Proven ability to work across electrical, mechanical, firmware, manufacturing, quality, supplier, and program teams
Experience providing supplier technical leadership to improve product quality, performance, manufacturability, and innovation
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and influence skills

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of reliability concepts, failure modes, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies

Responsibilities

Lead initiatives as they relate to PCBs, FPCs, and miniaturization, and manufacturing improvements
Investigate, develop, and implement PCB and FPC technologies between vendors, manufacturing, and design engineering
Explore new and existing PCB and FPC technologies to identify integration opportunities in current and future products
Act as primary technical interface between company engineering teams and component vendors
Review specifications, schematics, and interface requirements
Collaborate with suppliers to resolve integration issues and optimize performance as well as influence supplier designs to meet product requirements
Support vendor selection and technical evaluation
Work with electrical, mechanical, and product design teams to ensure robust integration
Define component requirements including electrical, mechanical, thermal, and performance characteristics while also supporting schematic and layout reviews
Support Design, factory prototype, pilot run, and production ramp phases
Assist manufacturing teams in resolving component-related production issues while driving yield improvements and long-term reliability