Senior Specialist, PCB Designer

L3Harris Technologies • Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

The PCB Designer designs and creates printed circuit board layouts from inputs received from electrical and mechanical engineering. The role places and routes components to meet electrical and physical specifications, ensures manufacturing and assembly requirements are met, and develops drawings and documentation for PCB fabrication and assembly. The designer also reworks layouts when engineering design changes occur, assists the design team in resolving issues, updates drawings and documentation in response to engineering change requests, and creates ECAD library footprints and/or schematic symbols as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Nice To Haves

• A minimum of 8 years of PCB design experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience in PCB design.
• An associate degree in Electrical Engineering Technology and/or an IPC CID certification.
• Competent skills and experience with ECAD software applications and related equipment; specific experience with Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics) Xpedition software is desired.
• Competent experience and knowledge of PCB design technologies, PCB layout techniques, electrical schematics, and PCB fabrication and assembly drawings.
• Practical knowledge of industry standards such as IPC for design and ASME/ANSI for documentation.
• IT experience supporting backend management of ECAD tools.

Responsibilities

• Place and route components while ensuring electrical and physical specifications meet the requirements for each PCB design.
• Ensure PCB designs meet manufacturing and assembly requirements.
• Develop and generate drawings and documentation for PCB fabrication and assembly.
• Rework PCB designs when engineering design changes occur and assist the design team with ideas to resolve issues.
• Update drawings and documentation according to engineering change requests.
• Create component ECAD library footprints and/or schematic symbols as required for design projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior