Electrical CAD Designer

CelLink Corporation; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option

Job summary

CelLink Corporation is seeking a hands-on CAD Designer with strong ECAD experience to translate complex electrical designs into manufacturable products. You will design and update 2D/3D models of flexible circuits, interconnects, and harness components, bridging electrical and mechanical requirements.

Collaborating with Design, Manufacturing, and Quality across time zones, you will ensure ECAD/MCAD data consistency, perform data transfers, and support prototypes, design reviews, and releases.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Design and update 2D and 3D CAD models and drawings of flexible printed circuits (FPCs), interconnects, and harness components.
• Support electrical layout and ECAD documentation using tools such as Cadence Allegro, OrCAD, or similar ECAD software, ensuring consistency between electrical schematics and mechanical layouts.
• Translate electrical design intent into accurate mechanical representations for manufacturing.
• Incorporate DFM feedback and design guidelines to ensure manufacturability and reliability.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation, including BOMs, fabrication drawings, and revision-controlled data packages.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Design, Manufacturing, and Quality) to resolve design and build issues.
• Perform CAD data transfer and integration between ECAD and MCAD systems.
• Support prototype builds, design reviews, and release processes.
• Work effectively with teams across multiple time zones.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Skills

ECAD experience

Attention to detail

Communication & teamwork

Tools

Cadence Allegro

OrCAD

SolidWorks

NX

Job description

CelLink is developing next-generation flexible circuit interconnects that power the world’s most advanced electric vehicles and energy systems. We’re looking for a hands-on CAD Designer with strong ECAD experience to help turn complex electrical designs into manufacturable products.

In this role, you’ll bridge electrical and mechanical design, creating high-precision models and drawings that bring our flexible circuits, harnesses, and power distribution products to life. You’ll collaborate with electrical, manufacturing, and process engineers to ensure every design meets CelLink’s performance and quality standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and update 2D and 3D CAD models and drawings of flexible printed circuits (FPCs), interconnects, and harness components.
• Support electrical layout and ECAD documentation using tools such as Cadence Allegro, OrCAD, or similar ECAD software, ensuring consistency between electrical schematics and mechanical layouts.
• Translate electrical design intent into accurate mechanical representations for manufacturing.
• Incorporate DFM feedback and design guidelines to ensure manufacturability and reliability.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation, including BOMs, fabrication drawings, and revision-controlled data packages.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Design, Manufacturing, and Quality) to resolve design and build issues.
• Perform CAD data transfer and integration between ECAD and MCAD systems.
• Support prototype builds, design reviews, and release processes.
• Work effectively with teams across multiple time zones.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Educational Requirements

• 3+ years of CAD design experience, ideally in electrical, automotive, or electronics manufacturing environments.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD tools (SolidWorks or NX preferred) and strong working knowledge of ECAD tools (Cadence Allegro, OrCAD, or equivalent).
• Experience working with flex circuits, wire harnesses, or PCB assemblies.
• Understanding of electrical schematics, component placement, and circuit routing constraints.
• Familiarity with GD&T, stack-up analysis, and mechanical drafting standards.
• Experience managing large assembly files and integrating ECAD/MCAD data.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and commitment to documentation accuracy.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative startup environment.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Compensation

Salaried Exempt

$90,000–$100,000 + Stock Option, with the final salary determined by experience and level. We’re hiring for multiple positions and will align compensation accordingly.

Working Conditions/Hours

Physical Demands – Office and Manufacturing Environment

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, pull/push, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment –

Includes both a typical office environment, with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues, and a shop environment, with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and skin exposure to chemicals used to run/maintain machines.

PPE-

May be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to safety glasses, safety shoes, bump caps, gloves, hair nets, masks, & clean-room frocks while adhering to the prescribed safety procedures.

We believe diversity and inclusion among our teammates are essential to our success. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees while building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an equal opportunity employer. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. CelLink participates in the E-Verify program in specific locations as required by law.

CelLink was founded in 2012 and entered volume production in 2018. CelLink provides electrical systems to the world’s leading automotive OEMs & EV manufacturers, data center developers, and stationary power companies. The company has raised approximately $315M in funding through private investment and multiple grants from the US Department of Energy. CelLink’s investors include 3M, Atreides, BMW, BorgWarner, Bosch, D1 Capital, Fidelity, Fontinalis Partners, Ford, Franklin Templeton, Lear, Park West, SK Telecom, Standard Investments, T. Rowe Price, Tinicum, and Whale Rock