Senior ECAD Layout Design Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Iowa.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of ECAD design execution for the assigned scope, ensuring planning, coordination, and delivery align with program schedules and engineering specifications.

• Engage in hands-on ECAD design and layout for intricate printed circuit card assemblies, including multilayer rigid, flex, and high-density interconnect (HDI) designs.

• Assist with schematic capture and layout execution while managing electrical and physical constraints such as high-speed, high-voltage, and high-current considerations.

• Relay design status, technical risks, and schedule impacts to engineering stakeholders and program teams effectively.

• Actively participate in and contribute to cross-functional design reviews alongside Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Configuration Management teams.

• Create and maintain comprehensive ECAD documentation packages, including fabrication, assembly, and design documentation.

• Oversee ECAD data within PLM systems, ensuring adherence to configuration management standards.

• Apply DFM (Design for Manufacturability), DFA (Design for Assembly), and DFT (Design for Test) principles throughout the layout process.

• Diagnose complex design issues and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve electrical, mechanical, and manufacturability challenges.

• Offer technical guidance and informal mentorship to junior designers while promoting knowledge sharing within the ECAD team.

• Uphold compliance with ECAD standards, library utilization, and best practices across various programs.

• Responsibilities include implementing moderate enhancements to ECAD processes, systems, and design practices to improve performance, quality, and efficiency throughout the organization.

• Coordinate ECAD activities for smaller projects or defined work scopes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) along with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years of experience.

• Proficient in PCB layout using ECAD tools (preferably Siemens Xpedition; alternatives such as Cadence Allegro, Altium, or similar are also acceptable).

• Demonstrated experience in designing multilayer PCB layouts and supporting complex electrical designs.

• Experience managing electrical and physical constraints within PCB design tools.

• Familiarity with Siemens Xpedition (VX or 2504 versions) for complex PCB layout design is preferred.

• Experience with high-layer-count PCBs and high-speed digital interfaces is preferred.

• Knowledge of advanced PCB technologies such as HDI, microvias, stacked microvias, flex circuits, and backplanes.

• Experience with DDR4 / DDR5 and considerations for high-speed design is preferred.

• Understanding of signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) principles is preferred.

• Experience implementing DFM/DFA/DFT in PCB design is preferred.

• Familiarity with ECAD–MCAD data exchange processes is preferred.

• Experience working within PLM and configuration management systems is preferred.

• IPC CID / CID+ or PCEA certification is preferred.

• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated industries is preferred.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across cross-functional engineering teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contributions, with a Lifetime Income Strategy option.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• Student Loan Repayment Program.

• Life insurance and disability coverage.

• Optional coverages available for pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal services, and ID theft protection.

• Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits.

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning services.

• Adoption Assistance.

• Autism Benefit.

• Employee Assistance Plan, providing up to 10 free counseling sessions.

• Healthy You Incentives, a wellness rewards program.

• Doctor on Demand, offering virtual doctor visits.

• Bright Horizons, providing child and elder care services.

• Teladoc Medical Experts, a second opinion program.

• And more!