PCB Layout Engineer

Position: PCB Layout Engineer

Location: Maynard, MA – Onsite

Experience: 10+ years

We are looking for an experienced PCB Layout Engineer with a strong, recent hands-on background who can contribute as an individual contributor and work on leading-edge optical communication products.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop PCB and package substrate layouts for advanced optical communication products.
• Ensure designs comply with IPC standards, internal design practices, and fabrication capabilities.
• Collaborate with Electrical, Mechanical, Thermal, Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, and Manufacturing teams.
• Work closely with PCB fabricators and substrate vendors to resolve DFM issues.
• Support complex high-density and high-speed PCB/substrate designs.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent certification with 10+ years of relevant PCB board and/or package substrate layout experience .
• Expert-level experience with Cadence Allegro PCB Design tools .
• Strong hands-on experience with high-density, high-speed PCB and substrate designs .
• Experience with HDI, stacked micro-vias, sequential lamination, and fine-pitch BGA technologies .
• Experience designing complex multilayer, high-density organic substrates and advanced component packages.
• Understanding of transmission-line layout geometries including microstrip, stripline, and CPW .
• Experience with compact, low-voltage/high-current multiphase DC-DC power converter layouts for processors and GPUs.
• Strong knowledge of PCB fabrication, assembly, DFM, and manufacturing tolerances .
• Experience delivering high-volume, high-reliability communication products.

Highly Desired

• Experience with mSAP PCB layout design .
• Experience with optical pluggable products such as CFP2, QSFP-DD, and OSFP .
• Experience with Cadence SiP tools and substrate layout techniques .
• Experience with Wire Bond component layouts .
• Knowledge of IPC Class 2/3, JEDEC, and related industry standards .