RF & High-Speed PCB Layout Engineer (Altium)

Filtronic; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent salary and benefits package

Job summary

Filtronic, a world leader in RF and microwave technology, is seeking an experienced PCB Layout Engineer in Cambridge to own layout activities for complex electronic products. You’ll work with RF, electronics, mechanical, FPGA, software and manufacturing teams to optimize designs for performance, manufacturability and long-term support.

You will translate schematics into robust layouts, validate footprints and libraries, and contribute to design standards and documentation.

Qualifications

• Strong PCB layout experience with Altium Designer and Altium 365.
• Experience translating schematics to manufacturing releases.
• Solid understanding of impedance, SI/PI, thermal design and EMC.
• Experience with mixed-signal, digital, power and RF designs.

Responsibilities

• Own PCB layout activities across complex electronic products.
• Translate schematic designs into high-quality PCBs meeting electrical and mechanical criteria.
• Develop layouts considering impedance control, grounding, power distribution and thermal management.
• Support high-speed interfaces such as Ethernet, LVDS, PCIe, JESD204.
• Create fabrication, assembly and manufacturing documentation packages.
• Participate in design reviews and DFM/DFA assessments.
• Verify footprints, symbols and libraries against datasheets.
• Contribute to Altium library templates and PCB standards.
• Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing partners to resolve issues.
• Support prototype build, bring-up and issue investigations.

Skills

Altium Designer

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Impedance control

Signal integrity

Power integrity

RF/microwave awareness

DFM/DFA

Tools

Altium 365

Job description

Filtronic, a world leader in RF and microwave technology, is seeking an experienced PCB Layout Engineer in Cambridge to own layout activities for complex electronic products. You’ll work with RF, electronics, mechanical, FPGA, software and manufacturing teams to optimize designs for performance, manufacturability and long-term support.

You will translate schematics into robust layouts, validate footprints and libraries, and contribute to design standards and documentation.