Senior PCB Design Engineer

ARCA; West of England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ARCA is supporting an aerospace business with the appointment of a Senior PCB Design Engineer to join its Motors & Power Systems team in the UK.

You will design complex multilayer PCBs, optimize layout, ensure signal and power integrity, EMC compliance, and work closely with hardware engineers and suppliers to resolve manufacturing challenges for electric aviation applications.

Qualifications

• Extensive PCB layout experience for complex electronic assemblies.
• Expertise in multilayer board design and precise component placement and routing.
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, power integrity and EMC considerations.
• Experience with design for manufacture, assembly and test.
• Experience collaborating with hardware engineers and PCB suppliers to resolve design/manufacturing challenges.

Responsibilities

• PCB layout for complex electronic assemblies.
• Multilayer board design, component placement and routing.
• Signal integrity, power integrity and EMC considerations.
• Design for manufacture, assembly and test.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers and PCB suppliers to resolve design/manufacturing challenges.

Skills

PCB layout

Multilayer design

Placement & routing

Signal integrity

Power integrity

EMC

DFM/DFX

DFT/Testing

Supplier collaboration

Motor control knowledge

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence Allegro

Mentor Graphics

Job description

ARCA is supporting an aerospace business with the appointment of a Senior PCB Design Engineer to join its Motors & Power Systems team.

This is an opportunity to bring your PCB design expertise to the development of electric aviation technology, working closely with hardware and power systems engineers.

We’re keen to speak with engineers with experience across:

• PCB layout for complex electronic assemblies.
• Multilayer board design, component placement and routing.
• Signal integrity, power integrity and EMC considerations.
• Design for manufacture, assembly and test.
• Working with hardware engineers and PCB suppliers to resolve design and manufacturing challenges.

Experience with motor control, power electronics or safety-critical hardware would be particularly relevant.

If you enjoy detailed design work and solving practical engineering challenges, we’d welcome a conversation.