PCB Designer

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Company: Schneider Electric

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

Description:

Job Summary:

The North America, Energy Management Home & Distribution Team is seeking a Senior ECAD Engineer with strong PCB layout skills to join our team as an ECAD designer.

Responsibilities to Anticipate:

Responsible for printed circuit board (PCB) designs from conception to manufacturing including library part creation, schematic capture, component placement, routing, gerber / ODB++ file creation and all documentation using the Mentor Graphics toolset. Designs include multi-layer PCBs as well as flex assemblies and rigid-flex assemblies. Responsible for interfacing with electrical, mechanical and producibility engineering disciplines to ensure that the overall design requirements are captured and accomplished. Job responsibilities will include providing technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. An understanding and wide application of technical theories and concepts in the field of PCB design and manufacturing is required.

Qualifications You Must Have:
  • Typically requires Bachelor's degree and 6 years of prior relevant experience OR In absence of a degree, 10 years of relevant experience is required
  • Experience with Cadence tool environment and/or equivalent software tool suite.
  • Experience skills to include placement, routing, use of the auto-router, constraint manager, xDM and xDM Library Client and/or equivalent library.
  • Experience in PCB design skills using the Cadence design software and/or equivalent design toolset.
  • Familiarity with design for high volume manufacturing and EMC best practices

Qualifications We Value
  • Previous leadership or mentoring roles.
  • Familiarity with highspeed signal routing and impedance matching are highly desired.
  • Mechanical design skills sufficient to be able to understand and interpret complex mechanical drawings as they relate to PCBs.
  • Skills in Cadence's Library Management System
  • Willingness to work extended hours (nights and/or weekends) as required to complete assigned tasking.
  • Candidate must be a self-starter and possess the ability to work autonomously while establishing schedule and priority needs
  • Candidate will be expected to begin design tasks on day one.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interact with co-workers and customers in a team environment
  • Use of BluePrint to create complex PCB drawings.
  • Must be able to develop technical solutions to complex problems through use of ingenuity and creativity with minimal supervision.
  • Working knowledge of IPC design standards, GD&T techniques and overall producibility considerations related to electronic packaging design is required.
  • Export manufacturing data of both Gerber and ODB++ and use of Design Rule Checking software.


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