Google Looking For PCB Design Engineer, Computer Aided Design at Mountain View, CA Full Time

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Electronics or equivalent practical experience.

5 years of Computer-aided Design (CAD) or Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design experience.

5 years of working experience with Cadence and Allegro tools.

Experience setting up Allegro Constraints Manager tools.

Preferred qualifications:
Experienced with state of the art PCB design tools and methodology.

Proficient with high-speed board designs or layouts, and familiar with high-density ball-grid array (BGA), blind, and buried vias.

Familiarity with all phases of hardware development including schematic entry, manually generated constraints, requirements of the constraints and board layout.

Knowledge with mechanical design outline formats.

Highly motivated with solid organizational skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

About the job

As a Computer Aided Design (CAD) Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design Engineer on the Consumer Hardware team, you’ll work on fast-paced boards for consumer devices. You will work with Hardware Designers and Mechanical Engineers throughout the full product development life-cycle, supporting PCB outline, component placement and routing. You’ll work as an integral part of the Systems Hardware Development team, interfacing with external fabricators or vendors to apply state of the art industry standards, tools and technologies.

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices and Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user’s interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices and Services team is making people’s lives better through technology.

Responsibilities

Lead mechanical PCB outline and layer setup; component placement and signal routing.

Interface with board fabrication vendors to select and use correct impedance rules, Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Testability(DFT) rulesets.

Work with Hardware Engineers, PCB Designers, Mechanical Designers and Fabricators for development and sustaining of actual products.

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