PCB CAD Designer - SC Cleared

PCB CAD Designer – SC Cleared – £440 a Day – Outside IR35

Rate: £440 a day Outside IR35

Duration: Initially 6 months

Location: Southampton

Clearance: SC Clearance required for this role

You will join a world leading defence technology consultancy and be responsible for PCB CAD design: PCB layout, component placement, routing for RF and high-speed digital board using Altium in accordance with internal PCB CAD design guidelines.

Your skills:

More than 5-year experience in PCB CAD design, using Altium SW suite, for:

• electronic schematic capture
• components library (definition, design component and footprint)
• mixed technology (eg, SMT, PTH)
• routing
• design for manufacturing
• design for testability
• RF and high-speed digital boards (eg, mmWave boards)
• multi-layers PCB
• design through holes and blind vias
• support the design engineer in the selection of specific PCB material (substrates, copper)
• design and verify balanced high-speed trace (impedance, capacitance, spacing)
• design and verify power trace (current limits, capacity, spacing)
• design and verify balanced copper distribution and weight to prevent bow and twist
• components placement
• definition of the layup
• preparation of manufacturing data
• deep knowledge of IPC-A-600, IPC-6012, IPC-A-610, up to class 3, IPC-2221 standards and guidelines