Senior PWB Designer

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

3d•$39 - $59•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. PWB Designer is part of the Central Hardware Systems, PWB CAD department, and will be able to design and document printed wiring board layouts that conform to manufacturing and industry standards and Qualcomm design guidelines. Working in close coordination with electrical and mechanical design teams from supplied schematics and electrical and mechanical design constraints to develop PWB layouts that meet all project goals and requirements for a variety of new 5G designs across multiple business units (R&D, Mobile, Compute, IOT, Infrastructure, Automotive, Test Equipment). This position is an onsite role. Reference Auto, Mobile, Infrastructure, IOT & Compute designs - 'form factor accurate' (FFA) test platform high volume circuit boards. These boards require mastery in digital processors, RF, and radio circuits as well as power control devices. Experience with micro-vias (stacked), sequential lamination stack-ups and design rules using .5mm pitch and smaller packages. Responsibilities include working with US and India teams to provide PWB design solutions for high performance electronic assemblies for Mobile, Modem and IOT. The candidate is expected to have proficiency on Siemens/Mentor Xpedition, PADS or Cadence Allegro PWB design software and is expected to have experience in developing PWB design solutions for a variety of design types and working with internal teams and external suppliers to support PWB fabrication and assembly.

Requirements

Associate's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field and 5+ years of PCB layout handling or related work experience.
High School diploma or equivalent and 7+ years of PCB layout handling or related work experience.
Expected to possess expert understanding and demonstrated application of PWB design principles, practices, and standards.
Able to perform complex and difficult PWB design tasks requiring extensive skill and knowledge of fabrication and assembly process capabilities and limitations.
Develops solutions to a variety of complex problems and proposes PWB design trade-offs to the engineering design team for resolution and implementation.
Determine PWB design trade-offs necessary to meet design requirements and produce high quality cost effective PWB’s that meet schedule objectives.
Understands the requirements driving PWB technology and process trends and their application to Qualcomm designs.
Maintain technical coordination with Engineering and Manufacturing.
Experience working with various EMI mitigation techniques and practices.
Experience with IDF/EMN file exchange between mechanical and HW teams.
Understands project goals and individual contribution toward those goals.
Effectively communicates with project peers and engineering personnel via e-mail, web meetings, and instant messaging including status reports and illustrative presentation slides.
Interact and collaborate with other internal PWB designers for optimal product development processes and schedule execution.
Effectively multitasks and meets aggressive schedules in a dynamic environment.
Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
Leadership skills to help direct, prioritize, and clearly set project tasks per schedule. Communicate milestones and directions to outside team members.

Nice To Haves

3+ years actively involved in PWB design for high-density electronics packaging.
3+ years experience in a PWB design role designing consumer-grade mobile products or low volume test products utilizing latest generation processor chips & ICs.
Design for Manufacture (DFM) analysis experience utilizing Valor and/or CAM350 tools.
Design experience: RF, Analog, High-speed digital circuits - DDR2, 3 & 4, HDMI, PCIe, SATA, MIPI, USB 2,3.x, GigE, ATE Platforms: 93K, uFlex and iFlex.

Responsibilities

Working with US and India teams to provide PWB design solutions for high performance electronic assemblies for Mobile, Modem and IOT.
Resolve PWB design issues with fabrication and assembly vendors.
Participate and provide input into process improvement, PWB and DFM checklists and guidelines.
Participates in determining objectives of assignment and plans, schedules, and arranges own activities in accomplishing objectives.
Prepare and deliver design reviews to project team.

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