Lead PCB Designer

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY                   

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

 

POSITION SUMMARY:                                  

The PCB Designer designs and drafts complex and detailed layouts of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and works with the project engineering team utilizing your understanding of circuit requirements and limitations. This role uses ECAD software in preparing PCB designs, assemblies, schematics and technical documents. Ability to design preliminary schematics, redlines, part lists and basic descriptions of new designs, or modifies existing high density/complex printed circuit boards.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Place components and route traces ensuring that all functional and physical specifications meet the design requirements for PCB, electrical, mechanical and thermal design
• Create PCB designs in accordance with manufacturability and assembly requirements
• Engage manufacturing team to allow for design for manufacturability improvements (DFM)
• Create drawings, Gerber files, and other documentation for PCB fabrication and internal verification
• Work with Electrical, Mechanical and Firmware Engineers and react appropriately to engineering changes in PCB design and documentation
• Participating in process improvement activities for the CAD design team
• ECAD library creation for footprints and symbols

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Location: Wilmington, MA; Some domestic and international travel may be required   
• Environment: Standard office environment, possible interaction through a production factory environment        

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and unmatched responsiveness to all work requests and customer deadlines.
• Demonstrates a consistent, dependable work effort and accepts accountability for one’s actions
• Completes assigned tasks within specified time limits.
• Help promote a cohesive and cooperative work group.
• Understands safety regulations, takes proper care of equipment, and acts in a safe manner.
• Strong communication skills, ability to present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner, both orally and in writing
• Capability to respond quickly, decisively, and professionally to changing requirements
• Excellent judgment and initiative, including the ability to effectively balance multiple priorities
• Good analytical and problem-solving tools
• Good interpersonal skills. Capable of team building (external & internal) to drive cross-functional collaboration
• Strong priority setting skills, desire to meet project, tasks, and/or assignment deadlines
• Can work with minimal supervision, with ability to multi-task in a dynamic environment
• Proficient in working with SAP and Microsoft Suites (Outlook, Project, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word)

 

EXPERIENCE:                                  

Essential:

• Specific experience with Altium software.

 

Desirable:

• 2+ years of experience in PCB design, mechanical drafting or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Experience and knowledge of PCB design technologies, techniques, electrical schematics, PCB fabrication and assembly drawings
• Fundamental knowledge of industry standards such as IPC for design and ASME/ANSI for documentation
• Specific experience with Cadence software

 

EDUCATION:                                                                                    

• Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one-year related experience and/or train