PCB Designer – Senior/Principal

Company Overview:

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication, and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs, and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. https://www.macom.com/. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

 MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives, and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio. 

PCB Designer - Senior/Principal

 Job Description:

In MACOM's MMIC Business Unit we design MMICs and Integrated Microwave Assemblies (IMAs) for aerospace & defense, space and other commercial applications. We are looking for an experienced Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designer. An Ideal background is one with exposure to RF, MMW and other analog circuits.

Job Requirements:

• Be responsible for schematic entry, layout, and release of printed circuit boards to support a variety of RF, Microwave, and Millimeter-Wave products
• Create 2D and 3D modeling of printed circuit boards using Altium and AutoCAD
• Create professional schematics fully linked and synchronized to BOM's and physical layouts with minimal communications with engineers
• Communicate design and layout challenges based on your experience and knowledge
• Generating manufacturing drawings and documentation
• Update design rules as required
• Lead peer review of design and layout concepts and strategies
• Coordinate with Project Management in order to maintain an up-to-date project plan and schedule
• Stay up to date with the latest circuit board technologies and industry capabilities
• Provide minor customer support as required
• Advocate for PCB Design as a function and technology area within the company
• Able to generate and modify existing 2D and 3D drawings and assemblies

Job Qualifications:

• Minimum qualifications of Highschool diploma or GED with 9+ years work experience or B.S. in engineering with 5+ years' experience.
• Prior experience with CAD platforms such as Altium, PADS, Xpedition, Eagle, KiCAD, LibreCAD, AutoCAD, SketchUP, Fusion360, SolidWorks, etc.
• Bona fide PCB enthusiast
• Knowledgeable in drafting standards and best practices
• Detail oriented and quality focused is critical
• Basic understanding of electronic circuits both digital and analog
• Ability to make basic electrical measurements using a multimeter such as voltage, current, resistance, and continuity
• Hands-on troubleshooting experience is ideal
• Good communication, organization and documentation skills. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build long lasting partnerships. Ability to work in fast-paced environment
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Due to ITAR regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Citizen, National, or Permanent