Title: Senior PCBA Design Engineer | Altium, Cadence, Board Bring-Up
Location: Greater Merrimack Area, NH (Onsite)
Employment Type: Contract
Status: Accepting Candidates
About the Role
Join a highly specialized engineering team developing advanced electronic hardware for mission-critical applications. This hands-on role offers direct ownership of board-level hardware design, integration, validation, and transition to production in a collaborative engineering environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design PCBAs including schematic capture, component selection, and interface definition.
- Integrate processors, sensors, and subsystem interfaces into board-level hardware designs.
- Perform board bring-up, hardware debugging, troubleshooting, and validation in a lab environment.
- Collaborate with PCB layout engineers to ensure signal integrity, manufacturability, and overall performance.
- Support power management, low-voltage power distribution, and SWaP-constrained designs.
- Assist with prototype-to-production transition, including DFM/DFT and manufacturing support.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronic Engineering.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with board-level hardware design and PCBA development.
- Experience using Altium, Cadence, or Mentor Graphics for PCB design.
- Strong background in board bring-up, debugging, validation, and hardware troubleshooting.
- Experience integrating processors, sensors, and high-speed interfaces.
Compensation:
- Estimated hourly range: $55–$60/hr (W-2).
- Final rate within this range will be based on skills, experience, and interview results.