PWB Layout Designer, Drafter (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-03-04

Country:

United States of America

Location:

01: Building 01 Windsor Locks One Hamilton Road, Windsor Locks, CT, 06096 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

Printed Wiring Board Layout Designer. In this role you will be working within a team environment to design and draft complex electronic PWB layouts and drawings.

The ideal candidate will have a broad technical background designing high reliability Printed Circuit Boards per engineering requirements. Experience with complex high­speed digital designs, power supplies, analog circuits, rigid-flex circuits. The candidate must be detail oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to problem solve.

Eligible for relocation.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Printed Wiring Board Layout Designer. In this role you will be working within a team environment to design and draft complex electronic PWB layouts and drawings.
• The ideal candidate will have a broad technical background designing high reliability Printed Circuit Boards per engineering requirements. Experience with complex high­speed digital designs, power supplies, analog circuits, rigid-flex circuits. The candidate must be detail oriented with strong organizational skills and the ability to problem solve.
• Primary Responsibilities: 
• Design layout of complex mixed signal, mixed technology, high density PCB designs. Provide full documentation for fabrication and assembly and provide engineering product support for operations and obsolescence.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert resource to the Design, Manufacturing, Program Management, Supply Chain and Quality communities for PCB and related process support.
• Support cross functional Collins and Raytheon teams to define synergies in processes and workmanship standards. Must have a strong knowledge of IPC standards and materials.
• Help maintain and support eCAD Library.
• Interface with Vendors and Suppliers to import and export data for fabrication of bare boards and installation of electronic and mechanical components.
• Interface with functional teams to support the design of electronic products.
• Work with Global Export Compliance team to classify data for domestic and international export. 
• Pave the future roadmap for Mentor Graphics EDM environment utilizing managed reuse blocks.
• Schematic Capture.
• Create and maintain electronic schematics using electronic design tools such as Cadence and Mentor Graphics.
• Mentor EDM reuse elements
• PCB Layout.
• Layout for placement and circuitry routing of Printed Circuit Boards for optimal electrical, EMI, thermal and structural performance.  Understanding of design rules constraint management and parasitic analysis. Typical designs are high density, mixed technology designs with analog, digital and low power circuitry.
• Create drawings in support of the fabrication and assembly of the circuit card.
• Utilize Valor post processing checks, DFx.
• Assists in training, assigning, and checking work.

Qualifications/ Experience Needed:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Must have or be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance.  Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of industry standards, such as IPC-2221, 2222, IPC-D-325, IPC-6011, 6012,6013, ANSI Y14.5, J-STD-0001
• Experience with board layout tools, such as Mentor EDM and Cadence
• Understanding of Signal Integrity analysis tools 

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second.  Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and qu