Printed Circuit Board - CAD Design/Layout Specialist

Flexible Circuit Technologies (FCT) is a premier global supplier within the rapidly growing electronics industry. FCT supports the design, prototyping and production of flexible circuits, rigid flex circuits, flexible heaters, and membrane switches. We also provide value added Electronic Manufacturing Services from SMT component placement to complete product box builds. Job Description Our PCB / CAD Designers are responsible for reviewing & editing CAD data for manufacturing flexible circuits, rigid flex circuits and assemblies. This position requires you to work on a variety of projects to include reviewing customer design files, updating revision changes, requests from manufacturing for a design change to improve manufacturing and/or design from schematic. Can be a demanding environment, where our CAD Designers must multitask; given multiple projects that they are assigned to support. Responsibilities include: Review customer prints and Gerber files to ensure they meet manufacturing and IPC requirements. Create flexible printed circuit board designs and files to meet engineering and customer requirements. This can include design from concept, design from schematic and/or working from customer prints or files. Collaborate with Customers, internal FCT Application Engineers, internal local and offshore Manufacturing Engineers to optimize the design of Flexible PCB and assemblies. Review mechanical designs for manufacturing to include flexible circuit requirements and assembly requirements. Prepare and document changes to customer prints and files. Works with FCT Application Engineers, Customers and Manufacturing Engineers to finalize designs for manufacturing. Reviews and answers manufacturing questions related to files and design. Works with Engineering assistant on Bill of Material (BOM) requirements. Researches and saves component information for assembles related to manufacturing of assembly projects. Qualifications: Minimum - 2+ years focused on-the-job PCB design/layout experience. PCB designers should have IPC CID or CID+ certification or the desire to obtain one of the certifications. Equivalent certifications considered. Working experience with CAD software: Altium, SolidWorks, Infinite Graphics Par, or other Working knowledge of IPC standards for PCB industry preferred. Working knowledge of Flexible PCB materials, properties, and abilities a plus. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products. FCT offers a competitive salary, bonus program, and benefits package and given our continued rapid growth is an outstanding opportunity for the right candidate! www.flexiblecircuit.com