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San Diego, California, United States
Onsite
This position is for an experienced Digital Design Engineer who has a strong foundation in Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design and manufacturing. As a Sr. Electrical Engineer, you will work to completely understand customer requirements, foundational technology, tools, techniques, and the electrical rule implementations which drive the raw board fabrication and assembly supplier capabilities. You will be the technical bridge between Engineering and Manufacturing. Your work will enable a smooth transition from engineering release to and through production. Your early-on engineering engagement will instill an understanding which will ensure that engineering and manufacturing are in sync awarding suppliers whose capabilities, tools, and technology roadmap are aligned with the CCA design goals. You will become an integral part of the design and production process cradle to grave. You should be able to demonstrate a strong knowledge and understanding of low loss board materials, glass styles, stackup optimizations which support both sequential and single lamination constructions, buried via’s, blind via’s, impedance tuned via’s, and high-volume short-stub backdrill. You should be very familiar with surface finishes, advanced oxide treatments, smooth copper, via aspect ratio trade-offs, and IPC-6012 Class 2 & 3 requirements. You should also be very familiar with printed circuit board fine pitch assembly requirements with respect to component footprint optimization, and solder mask and solder paste trade-offs for high reliability attach. Most the CCAs we design have advanced FPGAs, microprocessors, and DDR memory. You should be experienced with the associated design requirements and successful implementations. This also includes, Flash memory, Ethernet interfaces, USB, SD card interface, RS-232, RS-422, I2C, SPI, UART, audio, video, switching and linear power supplies, GPS, etc. The tools we use include Altium Designer, Mentor Graphics HyperLynx SI/PI, LT Spice, Xilinx Vivado, Matlab, Polar Speedstack + SI9000, etc. You should be able to understand and review the designs including schematic, component selection, layout, fab, assembly, power, test plans/procedures, documentation, design for manufacturing, development of ATE (Automated Test Equipment) and ATP (Automated Test Procedure).
Performs complex electrical engineering duties following designated standards and procedures. Works closely with engineering disciplines. Duties require application of engineering principles and techniques. This job requires strong analytical and technical abilities and demands fast, but carefully thought-out results.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for understanding the design, analysis, testing, and documentation of Circuit Card Assemblies
• Responsible for understanding circuit, component, subsystem, and equipment interfaces
• Responsible for understanding digital, analog or radio frequency circuits, components, and subsystems
• Reviews design specifications and provide recommendations
• Reviews circuit interconnection or subsystem prototype assembly design
• Reviews design and operation objectives, specifications and resource needs
• Reviews test control, strategies, apparatus and equipment
• Supports the interface and partnering with customers, contractors and marketing vendors
• Aid in the evaluation of supplier capabilities to provide required products or services
• Participates in design reviews and technical meetings
• Participates in supplier capability audits
• Work to understand design proposals reflecting cost, schedule and technical approach
• Helps monitors project status and progress
• Works with Engineering to keeps abreast of improvements in electronic engineering techniques
• Supports prototype construction, debug and test
Minimum Job Requirements:
Four-year college degree in Electrical Engineering or science discipline plus a minimum of six years’ experience or an applicable Master’s of Science degree and four years of related experience. Desired experience in designing, developing and testing hardware. Effective written and oral communication skills. Ability to use typical office automation products such as word processors and spreadsheets. Knowledge of customer needs and competing products. Mental ability to perform analytical work. Ability to prioritize work, complete multiple tasks and work under deadlines. Good interpersonal skills. May be required to travel domestically and internationally to include working odd hours, in-line with customer requirements. Must be able to obtain a Security Clearance.
Cubic Pay Range:
$115,000.00 - $135,000.00 + benefits.
The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.