PWB Designer

Overview

PWB Designer in the Corporate Engineering unit (PWB CAD department), providing printed wiring board design solutions for high-performance electronic assemblies for Mobile, Modem and IOT, working with US and India teams.

What you'll do

• Provide PWB design solutions for a variety of design types, including Product Test Engineering (PTE) designs, emulator designs, and reference handset designs.
• Use PWB CAD design software daily to perform placement and routing to meet mechanical and electrical design constraints and requirements.
• Exchange electronic files with mechanical and electrical engineers to ensure compliance to fit, form and function as well as power and signal integrity requirements.
• Create fabrication and assembly drawings and work with internal teams and external suppliers to support PWB fabrication and assembly.
• Interface with internal staff and outside partners in the execution of multi-disciplined projects, and direct, capture and interface with outside consultants.
• Resolve PWB design issues with fabrication and assembly vendors.
• Determine PWB design trade-offs to meet design requirements and produce high-quality, cost-effective PWBs that meet schedule objectives.
• Maintain technical coordination with Engineering and Manufacturing.
• Participate in process improvement and contribute input to PWB and DFM checklists and guidelines.
• Prepare and deliver design reviews to the project team.
• Communicate milestones and directions to outside team members.

What you'll need

• Associate's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field and 2+ years of PCB layout handling or related work experience, OR High School diploma or equivalent and 4+ years of PCB layout handling or related work experience.
• 3-5 years actively involved in PWB design for high-density electronics packaging.
• 3-5 years experience in a PWB design role designing consumer-grade mobile phones utilizing latest generation processor chips.
• Design for Manufacture (DFM) analysis experience utilizing Valor and/or CAM350 tools.
• Design experience with RF, Analog, and high-speed digital circuits: DDR2, 3 & 4, HDMI, PCIe, SATA, MIPI, USB 2, 3.x, GigE, ATE Platforms: 93K, uFlex and iFlex.
• Proficiency on Mentor Xpedition, Mentor PADS and Cadence Allegro PWB design software.
• Strong understanding and demonstrated application of PWB design principles, practices and standards.
• Ability to perform complex PWB design tasks requiring extensive skill and knowledge of fabrication and assembly process capabilities and limitations.
• Ability to develop solutions to complex problems and propose PWB design trade-offs to the engineering design team.
• Understanding of PWB technology and process trends and their application to Qualcomm designs.
• Leadership skills to help direct, prioritize, and clearly set project tasks per schedule.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including status reports and illustrative presentation slides.
• Ability to effectively multitask and meet aggressive schedules in a dynamic environment.

Nice to have

• Experience working with on-board EMI shielding cans.
• Experience with IDF/EMN file exchange between mechanical and HW teams.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.