Senior CAD Designer

Mini-Circuits designs, manufactures and distributes integrated circuits, modules, and sub-systems for high-performance radio frequency (RF) and microwave applications. With design, sales, and manufacturing locations in over 30 countries, Mini-Circuits’ products are used in a range of wired and wireless communications applications. Our products are also used in detection, measurement, and imaging applications, including military communication, guidance, and electronic countermeasure systems, commercial, scientific, military land, sea, and aircraft;

automotive systems, medical systems, and industrial test equipment.

Mini-Circuits sells its products to over 20,000 customers globally through our direct sales force, applications engineering staff, and sales representatives, as well as through our extensive website.

• Role
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  Responsible for creating/updating all types of model related documents and mechanical drawing utilizing computer aided design (CAD) software, such as AutoCAD, Draft Sight and/or Solid Works, MS Office and Mini-Circuits legacy software programs, and posing new/revised drawings and documents into PLM system. Member is also responsible for managing group of CAD Designers (Levels I & II), checking variety of model documents and mechanical drawings created/updated by them for completeness and compliance with Arena Change Orders’ requirements (ECO, NPO), design requests (ECR, NPR) and service tickets.
  
  Member has to ensure that created/updated drawings and documents meet product design goals, existing standards and Mini-Circuits procedures.
• Knowledge
  : A seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of area of specialization. Possesses solid working knowledge of subject matter. Must provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to a subordinate group.
• J
  ob complexity: Works on all types of job assignments. Handles complex issues and problems. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for achieving expected results. Collaborate on technical decisions with design and process engineers, QA and production departments based on his experience, suggest design/process improvements if such needed.
• Supervision
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  Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of other personnel (Team Lead).
• Characteristics
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  The ideal candidate will be a highly self-motivated, detail oriented, Team player that can identify issues, implement solutions and continuously strive to improve. Must be able to professionally, politely and effectively work with a diverse group of members.
  
  Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
  
  The ability to communicate verbally in Russian or Mandarin is beneficial.

$,000

• Create new drawings or revise existing drawings using CAD software based on mark-ups or hand sketches provided by design or process engineers and create PDF files for new or revised drawings to be published in PLM system.
• Create/update model documents in accordance with Change Orders using Word processing software and prepare them to be published in PLM system.
• Maintain files in Solid Works PDM system.
• Prepare library elements of components to be used in the assembly drawings and model wiring layouts, based on Specification Control Drawing (SCD) for applicable components.
• Prepare 3D drawings of Mini-Circuits products per customer requests or to be published on the web.
• Prepare draft drawings per engineering requests for Engineering Development (ED) projects.
• Check completeness of Bill of Materials entered in PLM system and correctness of model routings entered/updated in AS/400 (or another ERP system in use) against mark ups provided in Change Order.
• Uses Mini-Circuits legacy software…