Senior PCB Design Engineer: From Concept to Manufacturing

Acara Solutions, Inc.; Los Osos (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Acara Solutions in the United States is seeking an experienced PCB design engineer to translate original concepts into schematics and board layouts, ensuring manufacturability. You will maintain fabrication drawings, Gerber data, and BOMs, while coordinating with vendors and internal teams to uphold IPC/IEEE standards and design-for-manufacturability across assemblies.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in PCB/PWB design, experience with Altium, Expedition PCB, and other CAD tools, and strong

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 5+ years designing PCBs and creating schematic layouts for electronic products.
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Familiarity with IPC and IEEE standards relating to PWB design.

Responsibilities

• Support goals of designing for manufacturability.
• Apply knowledge of Quad data processes to support surface-mount technology (SMT) manufacturing.
• Maintain familiarity with current manufacturing methods and industry design trends.
• Ensure that drawing standards and notes for PWBs have a common interpretation between PWB vendor and client.
• Work with design team to support manufacturability.
• Manage electronic libraries of schematic symbols and component/pad footprints and component models for the design group to ensure accuracy and consistency of design in accordance with IPC standards.
• Develop internal standards for compiling and maintaining the library.
• Stencils and circuit boards.
• Prepare fabrication drawings, manufacturing data and Gerber data necessary for procurement of stencils and circuit boards from suppliers.
• Produce Quad files, assembly drawings, parts lists, and bills of materials.
• Maintain integrity of design process and configuration control by incorporating design changes through an established ECN process.
• Incorporate changes into engineering and manufacturing documentation as appropriate.
• Support design activities of manufacturing and test for test fixtures, ATE systems, mounting boards, based on engineering and manufacturing input.
• Support product realization - participate in design reviews, scheduling meetings and other engineering and manufacturing work groups as requested to provide design input as needed.

Skills

PCB design

Schematic layout

Power supply experience

IPC/IEEE standards

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

MicroStation

Bentley Systems

Expedition PCB

Design Capture

Mentor Graphics

Job description

Acara Solutions in the United States is seeking an experienced PCB design engineer to translate original concepts into schematics and board layouts, ensuring manufacturability. You will maintain fabrication drawings, Gerber data, and BOMs, while coordinating with vendors and internal teams to uphold IPC/IEEE standards and design-for-manufacturability across assemblies.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in PCB/PWB design, experience with Altium, Expedition PCB, and other CAD tools, and strong