Job Description

Staff PCB Designer

Torrance, CA – Relocation Assistance Provided

The Company

Our client’s mission is to expand humanity’s frontier into the solar system and beyond. The next step on this journey is to enable manufacturing and habitation in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Our client’s plan to make this a reality is to build artificial gravity space stations.

The Job

Seeking a Staff PCB Designer, to lead the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.

This will be a full-time, exempt position located onsite at our client’s Torrance location.

Functions

• Work with responsible engineers to produce printed circuits board designs.
• Design and layout custom printed circuit boards using IPC design standard and guidelines.
• Work with vendors to determine stack up, routing feasibilities & ensure designs meet the DFM guidelines.
• Collaborate with internal teams & PCB vendors to ensure board meet design requirements.
• Generate required artworks & drawings for fabrication and assembly.
• Develop and refine team processes for PCB design, part creation, and library/database standards.
• Create, maintain and design in Altium Vault.
• Develop PCB layout good practices and help train team members.
• Write scripts to simplify processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field and 10+ years of experience or 14+ years of layout experience in lieu of a Degree.
• 3+ years of experience with Altium Designer CAD tool.
• Experience with high-speed, impedance-controlled stack-up, multi-layer board layout design.
• Experience with fine pitch BGA routing, including blind buried vias.
• Experience with multi-rail power delivery and high-speed signal integrity constraints.

• Experience with design constraint management, including trace length matching, spacing rules, etc.

Preferred Skills

• CID or CID+ certification.
• Experience with PCB library management, component generation, high-speed digital & mixed signal board layout, floor planning.
• Good knowledge of IPC 2221A, IPC 6012 Class 3 and IPC 7351.
• Experience with variety of boards, including high density with 16 layers or more digital designs, power electronics, flex circuits & RF circuits.
• Expertise in PCB fabrication processes, limitations, design rules, and best practice.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.