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Persistent Systems LLC Senior Electrical Engineer, PCB in New York, New York
Job Description & Responsibilities
Persistent Systems is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer, PCB with extensive experience in PCB design to join our team in New York City. The Senior Electrical Engineer, PCB will lead in the design of printed circuit boards for our industry-leading Wave Relay products.
Position Responsibilities
- In this role, the Senior Electrical Engineer, PCB will design moderate to complex rigid and flex printed circuit boards with analog, digital, power circuits and interconnect applications
- Working closely with electrical design engineers and technical leads will be responsible for the full PCB development workflow based upon physical and electrical design specifications: block diagram, detailed circuit design, board outline creation, layer stack-up definition, component placement, signal routing
- Selection of electronic components and their alternates to support evolving product lifecycles
- Create fabrication and assembly drawings, BOM, incorporate changes to existing design documentation
- Generate all output files required for the manufacture of the board and assembly
- Provide review and feedback to design engineers as needed to ensure functionality and manufacturability of PCB designs
- Suggest options when faced with challenging PCB design situations including resolutions to non-standard problems
- Bring up and test new designs and debug existing designs in the hardware lab environment while working closely with software developers
- Participate in design reviews, interface with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing and process engineers to design prototype and production quality printed circuit boards in accordance with Persistent Systems standards and procedures
- Act as the prime technical contact for the exchange of design information with PCB fabricators and CMs and resolve DFx, quality and pricing issues
- Create high quality schematic symbols and layout footprints according to the corporate standards for new electrical and electromechanical components for inclusion into the database library for use in schematic and layout activities
- Incorporate engineering change orders throughout the production lifecycle
- Maintain design file revision control throughout the design release process
- Maintain design file storage in PLM
- Stay informed about the new developments in the PCB industry, investigate and propose new technologies for incorporation in the future designs
Job Qualifications & Experience
Minimum Qualifications
- Must have at least 10 years of hands-on printed circuit board design, verification and test experience
- Must be proficient in Altium Designer Software
- Strong in Analog, Digital and Power Supply circuit design and board layout experience
- Must have Knowledge of signal integrity design constraints encompassing differential pairs, impedance control, EMI, and ESD
- Ability to set up and run signal/power simulations and interpret results with the goal of achieving robust designs
- Comfortable with modern test and measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators
- Proficient with complex HDI board layouts, high-performance materials and associated specs and standards
- Working knowledge of the various issues present during the PCB fabrication and assembly and ability to define trade-offs to achieve optimal solution
- Must have the ability to communicate and cooperate with multiple engineering groups, Electrical, Mechanical and Manufacturing
- Experienced managing the product's life cycle and incorporating engineering change orders on PLM
- Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering
- Must have a US Security Clearance or the ability to obtain one
- Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering
- Experience with designing printed circuit boards for high-speed electronic devices
Company Overview
Headquartered in New York City since 2007, Persistent Systems, LLC is a global communications technology company which develops, manufactures, and integrates a patented and secure Mobile Ad Hoc Networking (MANET) system: Wave Relay. The company's industry leading R& D team has designed wireless networking protocols to support their cutting-edge Wave Relay system and technology. Wave Relay is capable of running data, video, voice and other applications under the most difficult and unpredictable conditions. Their suite of products is field proven and utilized in Commercial, Military, Government, Industrial, Agriculture, Robotics, and Unmanned System markets.
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