PCB Design Engineer

Job Title: PCB Design Engineer - Electrical Engineering Group

Job Location: Lexington MA 02420

Onsite Requirements:

• 10+ years of PCB Design and Layout
• Mentor DxDesigner/Xpedition
• 10+ years supporting space flight and aerospace hardware programs

Job Description:

• Central library supports users Lab-wide engaged in all stages of printed circuit board (PCB) development: from schematic capture through physical layout and simulation.
• Duties Include:
• Creation of library elements (symbols and cells) that reflect industry standards (IPC, ANSI, IEEE) and best practices while providing custom solutions for state-of-the-art Laboratory-specific requirements when required.
• Library data must be suitable for all areas of development, from laboratory research to high-reliability space flight programs (Level 1).
• Utilize LParts (custom Library app) to manage the CAD library development process for user requests as well as historical data for reference, planning and forecasting.
• Maintain, populate, and enhance Oracle database of over 31,000 component properties and documentation. Average additional rate is 160 parts/month. As time permits, review and improve, if needed, the quality of existing parts.
• Synchronize CAD Library with the Laboratory's materials requirements planning (MRP) system (SAP), and newly deployed Product Life Management (PLM) system (Aris) thus enabling tightly coupled processes for procurement, inspection and traceability of electronic components.
• Self-starter with at least one-year experience building parts using Mentor Graphics Library Manager for the Integrated Common Database/Parts Database (iCDB/PDB) flow.
• Proven track record developing symbol/cell library elements for high-reliability space-flight programs
• Experience in populating property database (Oracle) to fulfill bill of material (BOM), MRP (SAP), and PLM (Aras) requirements through use of DxDatabook.
• Knowledge of PCB engineering, IPC, IEEE and MIL specifications, MRP systems are required.
• UNIX shell scripting and network experience, Oracle relational database queries, written and oral communication, drafting geometric dimensioning and tolerances (GDT) relating to electronic component packaging technologies, Ball Grid Arrays (BGA), Chip Scale Packages (CSP), Quad No-lead (QFN) etc

Skill Matrix:

Degree Level

• Bachelor's Degree

Electrical/Electronics

• Cable and PCB Assembly - 10 years
• PCB Design and Layout - 10 years

Engineering

• Creation of library elements (symbols and cells) that reflect industry standards (IPC, ANSI, IEEE) - 10 years
• Develops symbol/cell library elements for high-reliability programs - 10 years

Experience

• Experience supporting space flight programs - 10 years
• Experience understanding CAD file formats as they relate to PCB fabrication and assembly - 10 years
• Procurement of PCB components - 10 years

Software

• Mentor DxDesigner/Xpedition - 10 years
• SAP ERP Purchasing System experience - 10 years

Systems

• ARAS Innovator - 5 years
• Database (Mysql, Oracle etc) - 10 years
• Experience working in a UNIX based environment with familiarity of UNIX based scripting - 10 years

Testing

• Software Validation - 10 years
  
  

3rd party and subcontract staffing agencies are not eligible for partnership on this position. 3rd party subcontractors need not apply.

• This position requires candidates to be eligible to work in the United States, directly for an employer, without sponsorship now or anytime in the future