PCB Layout Engineer

PCB Layout Engineer

Stevenage – 6 month duration (likely to extend) – Pay rate £38.46 p/h PAYE basic (£44.05 p/h including holiday pay) or £50 p/h Umbrella

We are looking to recruit a PCB Design Engineer to work for our defence client on a range of technologies used within missile systems. The PCB Layout team are responsible for providing a full PCB Design Layout Service to all Internal Programs. These span all technologies from simple boards to complex multilayer, rigid/flexi-rigid, surface mount, impedance matched, RF etc.

Responsibilities:

This role involves providing full PCB Design Layouts from Electronic, Mechanical and Environmental requirements.

The PCB Layout Designer will provide a design service, which includes Library management, Technical support, component placement, signal routing, peer reviews and creation of final documentation. Ensuring designs and hardware are in accordance with requirements and conform to client design rules and processes. It requires close collaboration with all stakeholders (Internal and External) from conception through to delivery of Hardware against agreed timescales to meet Project deliverables.

Skillset/experience required:

• Proven ability with and knowledgeable about the design processes and best practices for PCB layout.
• An understanding of IPC standards for high reliability products.
• Knowledge of PCB fabrication processes and technologies (materials, stack-ups etc.)
• Strong communication skills to facilitate regular face to face and electronic communications with all relevant stakeholders.
• Preferably knowledge of Zuken CR5000 or CR8000.

Additional information:

Please note, due to the sensitive nature of the projects involved, all candidates must be capable of gaining a UK MOD Security Clearance to SC level. If you are not currently SC cleared the client will sponsor a new application but this will need to be granted before you start.

This role shall operate inside IR35.