Circuit Card Design Engineer Job Grand Prairie Texas USA,Engineering

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Circuit Card Design Engineer in Grand Prairie, TX for a one-year contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company.

The Circuit Card Design Engineer will support circuit card architecture, schematic capture, EPCAD layout, integration, testing, and Design Assurance activities for a mission-critical defense program. This role works closely with electrical and cross-functional engineering teams to develop circuit card assemblies, flex prints, and cable harnesses while supporting requirements, bill of materials, part sourcing, troubleshooting, and design implementation.

Required Skills

Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
3+ years of professional engineering experience.
Experience with circuit card design, integration, and test.
Experience developing and refining system requirements, including performance, interface, and environmental requirements.
Experience with Siemens Xpedition Enterprise or equivalent schematic capture tool.
Experience with Cadence PSpice or equivalent circuit simulation and analysis tool.
Ability to support circuit card architecture, schematic capture, and EPCAD layout.
Ability to work with electrical engineering and cross-functional teams to resolve integration and interface challenges.
Ability to define, refine, and document system, performance, and interface requirements.
Ability to support development of multiple circuit card assemblies.
Ability to manage bill of materials, part sourcing, and build-up activities.
Experience with electrical connector part selection and cable routing layouts.
Ability to support failure investigations, troubleshooting, and technical direction.
Strong communication skills.
Self-motivated, team-oriented approach.
Ability to make informed decisions with minimal direction.
Ability to take project ownership from concept through implementation.

Preferred Skills

Experience with MFC circuit card design processes.
Experience with military standards and specifications, including MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-704.
Experience with Xilinx Ultra Scale FPGAs.
Experience with circuit card assemblies, flex prints, cable harnesses, electrical integration, schematic capture, PCB layout, circuit simulation, BOM management, connector selection, cable routing, Design Assurance, and defense electronics.

What You’ll Do

Drive circuit card architecture, schematic capture, and EPCAD layout activities.
Support development of circuit card assemblies, flex prints, and cable harnesses.
Work with electrical engineering and cross-functional teams to address integration and interface challenges.
Define, refine, and document system, performance, and interface requirements.
Manage bills of material, part sourcing, and build-up activities.
Support electrical connector part selection and cable routing layouts.
Help accelerate design, procurement, and testing activities.
Shepherd designs through the Design Assurance process.
Evaluate and troubleshoot hardware issues.
Provide technical direction for failure investigations.
Take ownership of assigned design work from concept through implementation.

Work Schedule / Shift

Hybrid role based in Grand Prairie, TX.
Required onsite 3 days per week.
Core onsite days are Tuesday and Wednesday.
Flexible work-from-home days may include Monday or Thursday, depending on program needs.

Job

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can.

We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.