Sr PCB Designer

Advanced Energy•Fort Collins, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior PCB Designer designs and drafts complex, high-density printed circuit board assemblies and serves as a technical resource to project teams through all phases of product development. This role uses ECAD software in preparing PCB designs, assemblies, schematics and technical documents. Ability to design preliminary schematics, redlines, part lists and basic descriptions of new designs, or modify existing high-density and complex printed circuit boards.

Requirements

Strong understanding of PCB design requirements related to high-voltage, high-current, and power conversion applications.
Working knowledge of creepage and clearance requirements, isolation techniques, and safety-driven PCB layout practices.
Ability to balance electrical performance, thermal requirements, manufacturability, and system reliability in complex PCB designs.
3+ years of experience in PCB design.
Proficiency with Altium Designer and PCB design database management.
Experience designing complex multilayer PCB assemblies for production environments.
Experience designing high-voltage and high-power PCB assemblies including consideration of creepage, clearance, electrical isolation, thermal management, manufacturability, and reliability requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience and knowledge of PCB design technologies, techniques, electrical schematics, PCB fabrication and assembly drawings.
Fundamental knowledge of IPC standards (IPC-2221, IPC-2222, IPC-7351) and ASME/ANSI documentation standards.
Experience with high-voltage, mixed-signal, and power electronics PCB layouts.
Knowledge of EMI/EMC mitigation techniques, grounding strategies, and thermal design considerations.

Responsibilities

Place components and route tracks ensuring all functional and physical specifications meet PCB, electrical, mechanical, thermal, and high-voltage isolation design requirements.
Create PCB designs in accordance with manufacturability and assembly requirements and engage manufacturing teams to drive DFM improvements.
Create schematics, PCB layouts, fabrication deliverables, assembly documentation, and maintain job status updates.
Work with Electrical, Mechanical, and Firmware Engineers and react appropriately to engineering changes.
Participate in process improvement activities for the PCB design team.

Benefits

Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from
Short and long-term disability and life insurance
Health savings and flexible spending accounts
Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays
8 hours of paid volunteer time off
8 weeks of paid parental leave for both parents
Company matched 401(k)
Tuition reimbursement
Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
Critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identity theft, and legal assistance
Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Annual pay-for-performance incentive plan