PCB Integration Engineer
About The Position
Garmin is seeking a full-time PCB Integration Engineer at its site in Cary, North Carolina. The role advances PCB and FPC technologies and their adoption within Garmin, serving as a technical bridge between product design teams and PCB suppliers to ensure technologies are integrated, validated, optimized, and manufacturable. The engineer leads initiatives involving PCBs, FPCs, miniaturization, and manufacturing improvements; evaluates technologies for use in current and future products; and provides technical leadership to suppliers and internal teams. The position collaborates with electrical, mechanical, and product design teams on component requirements and integration, including electrical, mechanical, thermal, and performance characteristics. It supports schematic and layout reviews and helps resolve component-related issues through design, factory prototype, pilot run, and production ramp phases. Travel is required as needed to support business objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or another related degree.
- 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 related to PCBs, FPCs, miniaturization, and manufacturing improvements.
- Investigate, develop, and implement PCB and FPC technologies in collaboration with vendors, manufacturing, and design engineering.
- Explore new and existing PCB and FPC technologies to identify integration opportunities in current and future products.
- Act as the primary technical interface between company engineering teams and component vendors.
- Review specifications, schematics, and interface requirements.
- Collaborate with suppliers to resolve integration issues, optimize performance, and 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, and support 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.
- Travel as needed to support business objectives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
