PCB Layout & Routing Specialist

Thales Canada; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales Canada in Montreal is seeking a seasoned PCB Layout & Routing Specialist to lead high-density PCB/PCBA design for aerospace applications.

You will work in a hybrid environment, collaborating with hardware engineering, product management, and external partners to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and robust construction while adhering to Thales development processes.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of PCB design experience for high-density, mixed-signal, high-speed boards.
• Experience with Cadence Allegro and PCB/PCBA design workflows.
• Proficient in IPC 2220 standards and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Distribute and update BOMs, drawings, and CAD data in Team Center to meet QA requirements.
• Generate PCB definition data and ensure manufacturability.
• Participate in design reviews with engineering and manufacturing partners.
• Support PCB/PCBA products during early manufacturing and mass production phases.
• Evaluate failures and propose improvements to testability and robustness; manage obsolescence.

Skills

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Presentation skills

Prioritization

Collaboration

Autonomy

English & French

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence Allegro

TeamCenter

Job description

PCB Layout & Routing Specialist

Montreal, QC (Hybrid) Full time

Job Summary

Within the aeronautical electronic card development team, the applicant is responsible, depending on needs, for using CAD (Computer-Aided Design), CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) and CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering) tools for PCB/PCBA design. Participate in engineering reviews in accordance with Thales development process and participate in peer reviews within technical teams to review and record findings for the implementation of corrective actions on technical and documentary issues.

Develop and distribute technical documentation for electronic cards (PCB/PCBA) and components, based on design reviews and qualification testing. Support PCB/PCBA products during early manufacturing and mass production phases. Collaborate with external partners and multidisciplinary internal teams composed of technical experts, project managers, maintenance technicians and operational teams to finalize product design.

PCB/PCBA designs must allow efficient manufacturing and maintenance, guarantee reliable performance and a robust construction.

Internal clients:

• Hardware Engineering, Product Management, Industrial Operations, Purchasing and Procurement

External coordination:

• Development partners, contract manufacturers, suppliers and service providers.

Essential Functions

• Distribute and update bills of materials, technical drawings, and printed circuit CAD design data in Thales document configuration management system (Team Center) to meet quality assurance compliance standards and maintain production configuration control;
• Generate printed circuit definition data to meet product requirements;
• Verify definition data and completed drawings to ensure completeness, compliance with standards, procedures and specifications, and manufacturability;
• Participate in comprehensive design reviews with engineering teams and manufacturing partners to confirm satisfaction of technical, cost and manufacturability requirements;
• Execute printed circuit design project tasks in accordance with project and/or program schedules;
• Participate in evaluations and failure analyses of printed circuits/electronic cards and formulate recommendations to improve testability, reliability and robustness of printed circuits, and manage component and material obsolescence.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in electrical engineering or related discipline;
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in design and routing of printed circuit boards (PCB) for mixed signal, high-speed digital, analog, low-power and high-current, intended for high-volume production, including high-density interconnects (HDI), double-sided, multilayer, flexible and rigid-flex PCBs;
• Experience with CAD tools, specifically Cadence Allegro
• Experience in configuration management;
• Knowledge of IPC 2220 industry standards;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite: Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint.
• Personal skills:
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work within international cross-functional teams;
• Ability to present information to project managers and influence key stakeholders;
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a demanding environment;
• Ability to work collaboratively in a highly dynamic environment;
• Ability to achieve results, be accountable for one's actions and those of others, and continuously improve;
• Autonomous and able to manage uncertainty and evolving requirements.
• Proficiency in French and English.

This position requires a good knowledge of English for drafting technical documents, interacting, supporting and/or providing services to international clients, employees and/or partners as well as foreign government authorities who do not speak French.

Desirable Qualification

• Knowledge and experience of the aerospace and/or military sectors;
• Understanding of constraints specific to aeronautics, both environmental (lightning strike, EMI, vibrations, etc.) and certification (safety, compliance, traceability, etc.);
• Certification to IPC CID industry standards.

Special Job Requirements

Work schedule: 5 days a week, 8 hours per day, minimum 3 days in the office and be available between 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM

Physical environment: Working 30% of time in a research and development laboratory.

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List, the Canadian Controlled Goods Program, the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access including eligibility to the Canadian Controlled Goods Program.