Printed Circuit Board Designer

Fidus Systems; Ottawa, Kitchener; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Annual profit-sharing bonus

Matching GRSP contributions

Job summary

A global high-tech design firm in Canada is seeking a PCB Layout Designer responsible for designing complex, high-speed multi-layer PCBs. Candidates must have over 5 years of experience in high-speed layout, with proficiency in Cadence Allegro, Altium, or Mentor Expedition. The role offers an annual salary between $90,000 and $125,000, alongside a comprehensive benefits package, including medical and profit-sharing bonus options. The position emphasizes attention to detail, customer interaction, and a commitment to zero-defect layouts.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience laying out dense, high-speed boards.
• Extensive experience applying advanced electrical constraint sets.
• IPC certification will be considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Layout of complex, multi-layer, high speed PCBs.
• Work closely with teams during product development.
• Generate fabrication drawings and assembly drawings.

Skills

PCB layout design

High-speed circuit card design

Attention to detail

Customer interaction

Zero-defect layouts

Tools

Cadence Allegro PCB Design

Altium

Mentor Expedition

Job description

Overview

Fidus is a global high-tech design firm headquartered in Ottawa, with additional design centres in Kitchener-Waterloo and San Jose. We specialize in leading-edge electronic product development, with hardware, embedded software, FPGA/ASIC, and signal integrity teams working together to design and deliver next-generation products for clients in emerging technology markets.

Position Overview/Mandate:

The PCB Layout Designer is responsible for designing and delivering complex, high-speed, multi-layer PCBs for Fidus clients. You will work closely with hardware, signal integrity, mechanical teams, and manufacturing partners to translate electrical requirements into high-quality, manufacturable PCB layouts.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on dense designs across different technologies and substrates, values attention to detail, and takes pride in producing robust, zero-defect layouts that meet performance, cost, and manufacturing requirements.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Layout of complex, multi-layer, high speed PCBs using Cadence Allegro PCB Design, Mentor Expedition/PADS or Altium.
• PCB layout design on different core material substrate, component placement, impedance matching and routing analysis
• Work closely with the mechanical and the signal integrity team during product development phases
• Generate fabrication drawings, assembly drawings and drill files
• Work closely with board houses to ensure compliance with DFA and DFM practices and lead DFM reviews, until closure to ensure the design is ready for high volume manufacturing
• Interface with board houses to resolve technical issues
• Research and implement new techniques and technologies to grow the PCB design skill-set, reduce PCB cost, and stay current on industry PCB design practices.

Who You are

• Minimum 5 years of experience laying out dense, high-speed, digital and analog boards for various industries and products. You must have a proven track record for delivering high-quality designs.
• Extensive experience applying advanced electrical constraint sets using the Allegro Constraint Manager, or equivalent
• IPC certification will be considered an asset
• Be detail driven and have a good understanding of how to produce zero-defect layouts
• Understand the fundamentals of high-speed circuit card design and routing
• Interact well with customers and other employees
• Ramp-up quickly on new technologies and processes
• Contribute to a dynamic and friendly working environment.

Additional skills considered an Asset

• Protel, Altium, Pcad; OrCAD Layout; Cadstar; Orcad CIS, Concept or DxDesigner (schematic capture tools); Autocad, Solidworks, Inventor (mechanical design tools)

Compensation & Benefits

Annual base salary ranges from $90,000 to $125,000. The final offer within this range takes into account the variations in knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions, and with consideration to internal equity.

Our competitive compensation package also includes a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, matching GRSP contributions, annual profit-sharing bonus, along with other supplementary benefits.

We also recognize that candidates show interest throughout different career stages and welcome all applications. When there is a great fit, the level of the role may be shifted as applicable.

About Fidus

Fidus has a commitment to ensure a fair and transparent recruitment process. Automated tools (including AI) support our initial screening of applicants against our job posting to identify candidates whose qualifications, experience, and skills align most closely with the position requirements. All further candidate assessments and final selection are conducted by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.

Thank you for your interest in Fidus. We welcome and encourage diverse candidates to apply. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Fidus is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.