Job Description
Convert board-level requirements into a board design concept.
Architecture, I/Os, key parts, dissipation estimation, etc.
Prepare electrical schematic, parts list and initial parts layout
Plan board routing and provide routing requirements and constraints
Oversee board layout and review board Gerbers, board and assembly drawings
Work with structural and thermal designers on board design and layout
Prepare various analyses (e.g. worst-case analysis, AMPEC)
Support board assembly and test initial models (e.g. development model)
Prepare functional and environmental test plans and procedures
Supervise board testing in own laboratories
Support VHDL developers programming embedded FPGAs, CPU board software developers and electrical test equipment designers
Report progress and problems to their program manager.
Qualifications required
Eight (8) to twenty (20) years experience in CPU, digital or analog board design
Proficiency in schematic input tools (e.g. Mentor Xpedition, PADS)
Regular user of Excel spreadsheets, MathCAD, Spice, Matlab or other similar tools.
Knowledge of unassembled board manufacturing processes
Experience in performing analyses
Knowledge of part types
Comfortable and efficient in a laboratory environment