Board Engineer, Senior Staff

Board Engineer, Sr Staff 

Location

San Diego - US 

 Job Overview 

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in. 

Role / Skills / Exp 

The successful candidate will operate as a member of the Central Hardware Systems Board design & layout team, and will be able to design and document printed circuit board layouts that conform to manufacturing and industry standards and Qualcomm design guidelines. You’ll collaborate with Data Center PDM, PM & Engineering teams to help design and implement schematics and constraints into high-quality PCB layouts for advanced breakouts + layout designs across Data Center, Server & Compute reference design form factor accurate platforms. 

Key Responsibilities include 

• Design & Layout PCBs for reference & test DC, IOT, Server, Compute & 6G R&D systems, including form factor accurate (FFA) reference platforms and high-volume circuit boards. 

• Engineer high-speed, multi-layer stack-ups encompassing application processors, digital processors, RF/radio circuits, and power delivery networks. 

• Utilize advanced manufacturing techniques: stacked micro-vias, sequential lamination, and small-pitch package design rules. 

• Collaborate effectively with internal teams in the U.S. and design partners globally to deliver high-performance PWB solutions. 

• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external vendors to support HW platform & PCB fabrication and assembly throughout the product lifecycle. 

The candidate is expected to have proficiency on Siemens/Mentor Xpedition, Altium or Cadence Allegro PCB design software and is expected to have experience in developing PCB design solutions for a variety of design types and working with internal teams and external suppliers to support PCB fabrication and assembly.