Senior PCB CAD Design Engineer

Graphcore; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative technology company based in Bristol is seeking a skilled PCB Designer to develop and manage PCBs for their processors. The ideal candidate will have over five years of experience in schematic design, PCB layout, and library management. This role offers a competitive salary, flexible working options, and a comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Generous annual leave policy

Dental plan

Pension (matched up to 5%)

Life assurance

Income protection

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Five or more years' experience in component library generation and management.
• Expertise in PCB design and signal integrity tools.
• Experience in a startup environment with a wide range of skills.

Responsibilities

• Development of mass production, test and development PCBs.
• Liaise with procurement & manufacturing operations teams.
• Generate and control manufacturing data packs for PCB and assembly.

Skills

Schematic and layout component part library generation

Creating footprints for multi-sourced components

Design for manufacture, assembly, and test of PCB

Independent working

Mentoring in PCB design flow

Understanding of EMC control techniques

Tools

Product Lifecycle Management tool (e.g., Arena)

Valor NPI

Job description

Graphcore is one of the world’s leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute.

It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.

As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world’s most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.

Graphcore’s teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation.

What you’ll be doing

Development of mass production, test and development PCBs and for Graphcore’s family of processors. Includes:

• Schematic & Footprint library creation and management.
• Bill of Materials generation and version control.
• Liaison with procurement & manufacturing operations teams for new, obsolescent and end of life parts.
• PCB Manufacturing and assembly data pack generation.
• PCB Supplier liaison and management.
• PCB layout.

What you’ll bring

We appreciate not everyone will meet all of the criteria. If you meet most of the requirements below and believe you can bring value to this role, we’d love to hear from you.

Five or more years’ experience in:

• Schematic and layout component part library generation and management.
• Creating footprints to allow multi-sourced components.
• Creating in-house design constraints to meet different assembly house rules.
• Expertise in design for manufacture, assembly, and test of the PCB.
• Parts list generation and version control, experience in a Product Lifecycle Management tool, such as Arena an advantage.
• Export of PCB design data for signal integrity, thermal & mechanical design tools.
• Generation & control of manufacturing data packs for PCB and assembly subcontractors.
• Mentor or Cadence PCB design flow for schematic capture, design constraints, PCB layout.
• Knowledge of HDI PCB stackups, via structures, controlled impedance signal routing.
• Understanding of layout techniques for the control of EMC, crosstalk and interference.
• A rigorous approach is required to make sure designs will work correctly the first time.
• Independent working and the taking of responsibility, with excellent cooperative and communications skills to work in a small team environment.
• Experience working in a small team in a startup environment, which requires a wide range of skills, an eagerness to participate in all parts of the development cycle from concept to supporting manufacture, assembly and customers.
• Expertise in Valor NPI.

What we’ll bring

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health, mental wellbeing, and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar! We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.

Applicants for this position must hold the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately at this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or support for visa applications.