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