PCB Design Engineer with Altium Skills - Contract $60 - $120/hr

Presco Engineering; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Presco Engineering seeks an Electronics Hardware Engineer to design and develop electronic hardware from concept through production using Altium Designer. You will create electrical schematics, PCB layouts, and manufacturing documentation; support prototype build and bench testing.

Responsibilities include selecting components, maintaining symbols and libraries, and designing analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power boards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Altium Designer.
• Experience with schematic capture, PCB layout, and manufacturing support.

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical schematics and multi-layer PCB layouts using Altium Designer.
• Select electronic components and maintain schematic symbols, footprints, and component libraries.
• Design analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power electronic circuit boards.
• Generate fabrication packages, assembly drawings, BOMs, Gerber/ODB++ files, and engineering documentation.
• Support prototype builds, design reviews, production release, and engineering changes.

Skills

Schematic Capture

Multi-layer PCB Layout

Component Selection

Library Management

Controlled Impedance Routing

IPC Standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Presco Engineering is a leader in high-tech engineering design services and mission critical manufacturing. We develop and manufacture highly reliable systems in markets such as military, quantum hardware, medical, cleantech, biotech, and industrial/scientific instrumentation. Presco Engineering has a 45+ year track record of success in this highly competitive field.

Position Summary

Design and develop electronic hardware from concept through production using Altium Designer. Create electrical schematics, PCB layouts, and manufacturing documentation; support prototype build and bench testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop electrical schematics and multi-layer PCB layouts using Altium Designer.
• Select electronic components and maintain schematic symbols, footprints, and component libraries.
• Design analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power electronic circuit boards.
• Generate fabrication packages, assembly drawings, BOMs, Gerber/ODB++ files, and engineering documentation.
• Support prototype builds, design reviews, production release, and engineering changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Altium Designer.
• Experience with schematic capture, PCB layout, and manufacturing support.

Core Technical Skills

• Altium Designer
• Schematic Capture
• Multi-layer PCB Layout
• Component Selection
• Library Management
• Controlled Impedance Routing
• IPC Standards