Job Description

Company:

Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Services Group, Engineering Services Group > PWB Design

General Summary:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G & 6G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 6Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

Role / Skills / Experience

The successful candidate will operate as a member of the Central Hardware Systems PCB CAD layout department, and will be able to design and document printed circuit 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 Server designs.

The candidate is expected to have proficiency on Siemens/Mentor Xpedition, or Cadence Allegro (Preferred) PCB design software and is expected to have experience in developing PCB design solutions for a variety of design types and working with internal teams and external suppliers to support PCB fabrication and assembly.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field and 5+ years of PCB layout handling or related work experience.
OR
High School diploma or equivalent and 7+ years of PCB layout handling or related work experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years actively involved in PCB design for Rack Server products.
• 3+ years actively involved in PCB design for high-density electronics packaging.
• 3+ years experience in a PCB design role designing consumer-grade products or low volume test products utilizing latest generation processor chips & ICs.
• Design for Manufacture (DFM) analysis experience utilizing Valor and/or CAM350 tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Design experience: RF, Analog, High-speed digital circuits - DDR4 & 5, HDMI, PCIe, SATA, MIPI, USB 2,3.x, GigE, LPDDR breakouts, complex stackups.
• Expected to possess expert understanding and demonstrated application of PCB design principles, practices, and standards.
• Able to perform complex and difficult PCB 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 PCB design trade-offs to the engineering design team for resolution and implementation.
• Determine PCB design trade-offs necessary to meet design requirements and produce high quality cost effective PCB’s that meet schedule objectives.
• Understands the requirements driving PCB technology and process trends and their application to Qualcomm designs.
• Maintain technical coordination with Engineering and Manufacturing. Resolve PCB design issues with fabrication and assembly vendors.
• Participate and provide input into process improvement, PCB and DFM checklists and guidelines.
• Participates in determining objectives of assignment and plans, schedules, and arranges own activities in accomplishing objectives.
• 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 HW leads, Engineering team & other internal PCB designers for optimal product development processes and schedule execution.
• Effectively multitasks and meets aggressive schedules in a dynamic environment.
• Prepare and deliver design reviews to project team.
• 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.

Education Requirements

Bachelors or Associates Degree in a Technical Field, Electronics preferred

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