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PCB CAD Designer - SC Cleared

Job type:Contract
Town/City:Southampton
County:Hampshire
Salary/Rate:£400 - £440 per day + Outside IR35
Business Sector:Electronic Engineering
Job ref:BBBH152693
Post Date:May 01, 2025

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 (e.g., SMT, PTH)
  • routing
  • design for manufacturing
  • design for testability
  • RF and high-speed digital boards (e.g, 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