Sr. Manager, PCB CAD Design

Viasat, Inc. • Carlsbad, CA

5h

About The Position

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager of our PCB CAD team. You will lead a team of PCB designers and CAD librarians in the development of leading edge printed circuit boards and libraries for satellite, flight, and ground-based communications systems.
You will be working with PCB CAD tool vendors as you provide strategic solutions, technical training and support for our Engineering and Design teams. You will lead the team in maintaining and improving standards, protocols, and process improvements.
This position also requires the Manager to support PCB Design in high peak periods.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
• Required availability for design work in high peak periods.
• 10+ years in engineering/design Management with 5+ years leading teams
• 5+ years of PCB Design experience
• Expert in PCB design processes and requirements
• Highly proficient in the use of PCB design tools (e.g. Siemens and Zuken)
• Experience training engineers and designers on tool usage and the design process
• Experience working with tool vendors
• Experience holding employees accountable for deliverables
• Have a passion for helping your team succeed
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to influence corporate changes for continual improvement opportunities
• Strong relationship-building ability
• Strong presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to estimate PCB layout cycle times based on complexity and board type
• Knowledge of the PWB and PWA manufacturing process
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Must be able to obtain a Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

• Experience outsourcing design work with third party design companies ensuring the designers follow Viasat standards
• Experience using design data management software
• Experience doing PCB design of high speed, digital, or RF boards

Responsibilities

• Oversee the design work of your team
• Work regularly with the CAD tool vendors to learn about updates to the tool capabilities, get support for technical issues, work through tool contract discussions, identifying Viasat’s tool needs based on project forecasts.
• Work with CAD IT to keep tools and licenses running and up to date.
• Understand what’s new in new releases and train your team and engineers in new capabilities.
• Use JIRA to manage day to day workflow and generate metrics.

What This Job Offers

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