Electrical Engineer/ Digital Design Engineer

Job Title: Senior Digital Design Engineer / Electrical Engineer

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Senior Digital Design Engineer with deep expertise in Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design and manufacturing. This role serves as a critical link between engineering and production, ensuring designs are optimized for manufacturability, performance, and supplier capability from initial concept through full-scale production.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical knowledge of advanced PCB design, materials, and fabrication processes, along with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams and external partners. This individual will play a key role in aligning design intent with manufacturing execution to deliver high-reliability electronic systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and support the design, analysis, and validation of complex circuit card assemblies

Translate customer and system requirements into manufacturable electrical designs

Act as a liaison between design engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to ensure seamless product transition to production

Review schematics, layouts, component selections, and fabrication/assembly documentation

Provide guidance on PCB stack-up design, material selection, and advanced fabrication techniques (e.g., blind/buried vias, backdrilling, impedance control)

Evaluate and recommend design improvements to enhance performance, reliability, and manufacturability

Support prototype builds, debug, test, and production readiness activities

Contribute to design reviews, technical discussions, and supplier assessments

Assist in defining test strategies, including development of automated test equipment (ATE) and procedures (ATP)

Monitor project progress, timelines, and technical execution in collaboration with cross-functional teams

Stay current with emerging technologies, materials, and electronic design best practices

Technical Expertise:

Strong knowledge of PCB materials, including low-loss laminates and glass styles

Experience with stack-up optimization for both sequential and single lamination designs

Familiarity with IPC-6012 Class 2 & 3 standards

Understanding of surface finishes, copper treatments, and via design trade-offs

Experience with high-speed digital design, including FPGA, microprocessors, and DDR memory

Knowledge of common interfaces and protocols such as Ethernet, USB, I2C, SPI, UART, RS-232/422, and others

Experience with power supply design (switching and linear) and mixed-signal systems

Familiarity with fine-pitch PCB assembly and high-reliability soldering processes

Preferred Software & Tools:

Altium Designer

Mentor Graphics HyperLynx (SI/PI)

LTspice

Xilinx Vivado

MATLAB / Simulink

Polar Instruments (Speedstack, SI9000)