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Director PCB CAD

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Qualcomm is looking for a Director PCB CAD to lead a world-class design team responsible for PCB/PWB designs. This role involves managing complex projects, driving innovative processes, and ensuring the successful completion of quality board layouts from concept to production. The ideal candidate is an expert in CAD tools and has extensive hands-on experience in various design types.

Ansvarsområden

  • Lead a world-class design team across multiple project disciplines.
  • Manage PCB/PWB designs for Qualcomm's centralized hardware design teams.
  • Manage workflow across geos and streamline engagements across BUs.
  • Direct teams to manage complex data and conduct high-quality advanced analyses.
  • Lead discussions with stakeholders from other functional engineering disciplines to align project deliverables.
  • Provide project leadership for scoping requirements, lead times, and schedules.
  • Develop new, innovative processes and implement improvements to existing approaches.
  • Drive innovative tool automation across CAD and QCAE support teams.
  • Mentor and develop the entire CAD design team.
  • Oversee hands-on experience on RF, Digital, and High-Speed designs.
  • Supervise other designers and serve as a subject matter expert.
  • Define and guide PCB stack-up and via structures.
  • Work with PCB fabrication vendors to define stack-ups.
  • Implement all required design constraints for mechanical and electrical performance, and CCA assembly.
  • Conduct design rule verification and perform basic signal integrity tests.
  • Verify system signal integrity, power integrity, and manufacturability.
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues with designs, tools, and processes.
  • Create and drive efficiencies, automations, and optimizations.
  • Interact with fab houses/buyers for new technologies/design challenges.
  • Develop solutions to complex problems and propose PCB/PWB design trade-offs.
  • Determine PCB/PWB design trade-offs to meet requirements and produce high-quality, cost-effective PCBs/PWBs.
  • Understand and drive PCB/PWB technology and process trends.
  • Maintain technical coordination with Engineering and Manufacturing.
  • Resolve PCB/PWB design issues with fabrication and assembly vendors.
  • Lead and initiate process improvement, PWB, and DFM checklists and guidelines.
  • Assign tasks and plan, schedule, and manage activities to accomplish objectives.
  • Effectively communicate with project peers and engineering personnel.
  • Interact and collaborate with other internal PWB designers.
  • Effectively multitask and meet aggressive schedules in a dynamic environment.
  • Prepare and deliver design reviews to the project team.

Krav

  • 12+ Years of PCB/PWB team management.
  • 15+ years actively involved in PCB/PWB design for high-density electronics packaging.
  • 15+ years experience in a PCB/PWB design role designing reference designs utilizing latest generation processor chips.
  • Design for Manufacture (DFM) analysis experience utilizing Valor and/or CAM350 tools.
  • Expert in Mentor Xpedition, Mentor PADS and/or Cadence Allegro PWB design software.
  • Hands-on experience on RF, Digital and High Speed designs.
  • Possess expert understanding and demonstrated application of PWB design principles, practices, and standards.

Önskade kvalifikationer

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field.
  • 16+ years of RF, Mixed Signal, High Speed Digital, and Power PCB design or related experience.
  • 16+ years of hands-on experience with Allegro, PADS, or Expedition layout tool.
  • 6+ years in a leadership role with direct reports.
  • 4+ years’ experience managing global reports and delegating work with a global design team.
  • 4+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Vice President level and above).
  • Hands on experience with RF and Mixed Signal technologies, Complex vias structures and stack ups, Very high pin count components, High layer count PCBS, High speed digital interfaces such as MIPI, SERDES, QLINK, DDR5x PCIE, GB ethernet etc, high power PCBs.
  • Solid understanding of IPC specifications and overall industry specifications for complex system circuit board designs, standards and specifications.
  • 4+ years of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
  • Depth knowledge of PCB stack-up and its impact on Signal/Power Integrity.
  • Depth knowledge of DFM/DFA and its impact on Fab/Assembly.
  • 8+ years Experience with Valor checks for DFM.
  • Experience with signal and power return strategies.
  • Has led tool automation efforts across the PCB/PWB space.
  • Leadership skills to help direct, prioritize, and clearly set project tasks per schedule.
  • Able to perform complex and difficult PWB design tasks requiring extensive skill and knowledge of fabrication and assembly process capabilities and limitations.
  • Experience with IDF/EMN file exchange between mechanical and HW teams.
  • Understands project goals and individual contribution toward those goals.
  • Effectively communicates with project peers and engineering personnel via e-mail, web meetings, and instant messaging including status reports and illustrative presentation slides.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Förmåner

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
  • Highly competitive benefits package.
  • Disability accommodations available during application/hiring process.
  • Support for individuals with disabilities to participate in the hiring process.
  • Accessible workplace for individuals with disabilities.
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