- Company Name
- Ubique Systems
- Job Title
- PCB CAD Design Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
PCB CAD Design Engineer
**Role Summary**
Design and develop printed circuit boards (PCBs) from schematic capture through production, ensuring manufacturability, reliability, and compliance with EMI/EMC and HDI requirements. Manage component libraries, BOMs, and design data packs while coordinating with procurement, manufacturing, and assembly teams.
**Expectations**
- Deliver high‑quality PCB designs that meet functional, electrical, mechanical, and regulatory specifications on the first attempt.
- Take full ownership of design projects, from concept through prototype to final production, in a fast‑paced, small‑team environment.
- Communicate effectively with cross‑functional stakeholders and document design decisions clearly.
**Key Responsibilities**
1. Capture schematics and create component footprints and libraries (HDI, multi‑source).
2. Develop PCB layouts, plan layers, via structures, impedance, and controlled‑signal routing.
3. Generate and maintain Bill of Materials, version control, and design data packs for manufacturing and assembly sub‑contractors.
4. Liaise with procurement, supply chain, and manufacturing teams regarding new, obsolescent, or end‑of‑life parts.
5. Export design data for signal‑integrity, thermal, and mechanical analysis tools.
6. Apply design‑for‑manufacture and design‑for‑assembly best practices; create in‑house constraints to meet various assembly house rules.
7. Use Mentor Graphics or Cadence PCB design flows for schematic capture, constraints definition, and layout.
8. Collaborate on EMC, crosstalk, and interference mitigation strategies.
9. Manage revisions, control design change processes, and maintain design history.
10. Support debugging, prototype testing, and iteration of design improvements.
**Required Skills**
- Proficiency in Mentor Graphics (PADS, Expedition) or Cadence Allegro/OrCAD.
- Experience with HDI PCB stack‑ups, controlled‑impedance routing, and via structures.
- Strong knowledge of EMC/EMI, signal integrity, thermal and mechanical design considerations.
- Mastery of schematic and footprint library creation and management.
- Bill of Materials generation, version control, and PLM tools (Arena or equivalent).
- Ability to export data for simulation tools (EMC, S‑parameter, thermal).
- Familiarity with PCB manufacturing and assembly data pack requirements.
- Excellent documentation, version‑control, and design‑change process skills.
- Independent problem‑solving mindset with proactive communication in a small team.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Professional certification in PCB design (e.g., IPC‑CMO, Mentor PG, Cadence EPCL) preferred but not mandatory.