ECAD Designer - On Site

Insight Global; Wilson (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a skilled PCB Design Engineer in North Carolina to take designs from concept through manufacturing. You will handle schematic capture, library parts, placement, routing, and documentation using Altium Designer, with experience in flex and rigid-flex assemblies.

You will collaborate with Electrical, Mechanical, and Producibility teams to ensure design requirements are met and validated, while applying advanced PCB techniques across HDI and multi-layer stacks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related field with relevant PCB design experience.

Responsibilities

• Design PCB from conception to manufacturability.
• Create library parts, schematic capture, component placement, routing, and Gerber/ODB++ files.
• Document designs using Altium Designer and other tools.
• Create PCBs including flex and rigid-flex assemblies.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical and producibility engineers to meet requirements.
• Provide technical solutions to complex problems.

Skills

PCB design

Schematic capture

Component placement

Routing

Design validation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Altium Designer

Siemens Xpedition

EAGLE

OrCAD

Allegro

Job description

Job Description

Day to Day:

• Responsible for printed circuit board (PCB) designs from conception to manufacturing beginning on day one
• Responsible for library part creation, schematic capture, component placement, routing, and gerber / ODB++ files
• Responsible for documentation using Altium Designer and other tool sets.
• Create designs to include PCBs as well as flex and rigid-flex assemblies
• Responsible for daily interface with electrical, mechanical and producibility engineering disciplines to ensure the overall design requirements are captured and accomplished
• Responsible for providing technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
• Understanding wide applications of technical theories and concepts in the field of PCB design and manufacturing
• Capture existing schematics (currently in tif files), PCB board layout, reverse-engineering documentation (hardware only will be provided)

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail] learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Skills and Requirements

MUST HAVES:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or mathematics (STEM) and five (5) years of relevant experience OR, an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum three (3) years' experience
• Experience with Altium Designer
• Experience designing analog, digital, or mixed technology PCBs
• Experience to include at least three (3) of the following:
  • Placement
  • Routing
  • Auto-router
  • Constraint Manager
  • Use of Altium Designer to create PCB and harness drawings
• Board Experience & layers:
  • Simple to moderately complex (1 to 14 layer). Basic knowledge of IPC-2221/IPC-2222
• Experience designing at the circuit card stack level to meet concerns of adjacent disciplines, such as thermal, structural, mechanical, reliability, and quality.
• Experience with embedded test techniques, design for test, design for manufacturing, and/or design margin analysis
• Experience with a formal design process for circuit card assemblies.
• Proven ability to debug and resolve complex hardware issues during integration and qualification testing.
• Experience with performing circuit card assembly-level architecture trades, and/or with system-level power architecture trades.
• Experience documenting technical topics and presenting to customers and senior leadership.
• Three-phase power systems knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design efforts and/or small teams.
• Experience with technical drawing packages for circuit assemblies.
• Experience with tests and troubleshooting of circuit card assemblies in a lab or production environment.
• Knowledge of a formal design process for circuit card assemblies.
• Experience maturing a design concept from the block diagram or requirements level to development of a complete, verified hardware design.
• Experience with printed circuit board (PCB) stack up definition.
• Board layout experience of single and multi-lamination boards
• Experience in layout tools such as Siemens Xpedition Enterprise, Altium, EAGLE, Orcad, Allegro or alike
• Familiarity with IPC 2221/IPC 2222, IPC 6012 & IPC 6013.
• Working designs include full designs, re-spins, drawing updates, change notices, copper changes, and process improvement projects within and outside own discipline
• Working knowledge of Analog, Digital including DDR, Power, and mixed technology, including multi-layer designs with High Density Interconnect (HDI) technology
• Working knowledge of military and commercial design standards, GD&T techniques, and overall producibility considerations related to electronic packaging PLUSSES:
• Mechanical design understanding to interpret mechanical drawings as they relate to PCBs

Potential Work:

• MATS 100 Development
• ITA Development
• Manual Test Set Documentation
• Aging ATE Documentation
• Harness & Cable Design