Senior PCB Layout Engineer — RF & High-Speed Apps

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

Job summary

Filtronic Cambridge is seeking an experienced PCB Layout Engineer to join the growing engineering team. You will own PCB layout activities across complex electronic products and subsystems, translating schematics into high-quality layouts while meeting electrical, mechanical, thermal and manufacturing requirements.

You will collaborate with RF, electronics, mechanical, FPGA, software and manufacturing engineers to optimise designs for performance, reliability and manufacturability.

Qualifications

• Strong PCB layout experience using Altium Designer and Altium 365.
• Experience taking PCB designs from schematic through to manufacturing release.
• Good understanding of PCB stack-up design, controlled impedance, signal integrity, power integrity, thermal design and EMC.
• Experience working with mixed-signal, digital, power and RF-supporting designs.
• Ability to interpret schematics and understand engineering intent. Experience creating and validating component footprints and libraries.
• Knowledge of PCB fabrication, SMT assembly, DFM/DFA and manufacturing processes.
• Strong attention to detail and configuration control discipline.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own PCB layout activities across complex electronic products and subsystems.
• Translate schematic designs into high-quality PCB layouts that meet electrical, mechanical, thermal and manufacturing requirements.
• Develop layouts considering impedance control, grounding, power distribution, thermal management and EMC performance.
• Support high-speed digital interfaces including Ethernet, DDR, LVDS, PCIe and JESD204.
• Generate complete fabrication, assembly and manufacturing documentation packages.
• Participate in design reviews, DFM/DFA assessments and engineering risk reviews.
• Verify component footprints, symbols and libraries against manufacturer datasheets.
• Support continuous improvement of Altium libraries, templates, design rules and PCB standards.
• Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to resolve design and production challenges.
• Support prototype build, bring-up and investigation of PCB-related issues.

Skills

PCB layout

Schematic to prod

Impedance control

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Thermal design

EMC

Mixed-signal designs

RF-supporting designs

Footprints & libraries

DFM/DFA

Manufacturing processes

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Tools

Altium Designer

Altium 365

Job description

Filtronic Cambridge is seeking an experienced PCB Layout Engineer to join the growing engineering team. You will own PCB layout activities across complex electronic products and subsystems, translating schematics into high-quality layouts while meeting electrical, mechanical, thermal and manufacturing requirements.

You will collaborate with RF, electronics, mechanical, FPGA, software and manufacturing engineers to optimise designs for performance, reliability and manufacturability.