Principal​/Sr Principal Printed Circuit Board; PCB Layout Design Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

NG Microelectronics Center is seeking a Principal/Sr Principal Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Layout Designer Engineer in Beavercreek, OH (Dayton, OH) to support architecture definition and product design. We are seeking engineers with the desire to learn new technologies to join our innovative organization to help develop, enhance and maintain Digital and RF designs on cutting edge products and systems. Our wide breadth of technologies and capabilities allows us to provide our customers with unique “More than Moore” solutions.

The selected individual will work on board designs across the full product life cycle process. In this capacity, you will utilize your working knowledge of Layout and Library tools.

In this role you will:

• Work with all engineering disciplines to incorporate their constraints into the Mentor Xpedition PCB CAD database

• Understand and adhere to the core Product Engineering PCB design processes, ensuring that the team understands and remain compliant

• Develop an expert understanding of our high reliability design standards

• Lead PCB design reviews, and help to create PCB design schedules

• Become knowledgeable with our internal build specs, industry standards, and understand PCB manufacturability.

• Perform PCB Librarian duties such as symbol and cell creation and verification

• Define PCB stackups and mechanical structures

• Perform complex circuit card layout tasks including DDR memory interfaces, high speed SERDES links, high density interconnects, RF transmission lines, and RF shapes

• Simulate completed PCB designs for crosstalk, loss, and signal integrity issues

Are you seeking a challenging role with a strong team? Come define possible with us in Beavercreek, OH!

This position can be filled as a Principal PCB Layout Engineer or Senior Principal PCB Layout Engineer.

Basic Qualifications for Principal PCB Layout Engineer:

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in science, technology, engineering, or related discipline with at least 5 years of experience; 3 years with Masters Degree; OR 1 years with a PhD

• Experience with layout of complex printed circuit boards using industry standard design tools

• Current understanding of IPC industry standards

• Knowledge of how PCBs are produced and current understanding of design and manufacturability challenges

• Full design cycle participation of a complex circuit card

• Must be a US Citizen

• Clearance: must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance with Polygraph

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal PCB Layout Engineer:

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in science, technology, engineering, or related discipline with at least 8 years of experience; 6 years with Masters Degree; OR 4 years with a PhD

• Experience with layout of complex printed circuit boards using industry standard design tools

• Current understanding of IPC industry standards

• Knowledge of how PCBs are produced and current understanding of design and manufacturability challenges

• Full design cycle participation of a complex circuit card

• Must be a US Citizen

• Clearance: must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance with Polygraph

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

• Experience with Siemens Xpedition layout and library tools

• Experience with…