Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:Engineering Services Group, Engineering Services Group > PWB Design

General Summary:

The successful candidate will operate as a member of the Corporate Engineering unit, PWB CAD department, and will be able to design and document printed wiring board layouts that conform to manufacturing and industry standards and Qualcomm design guidelines. Working in close coordination with electrical and mechanical design teams from supplied schematics and electrical and mechanical design constraints to develop PWB layouts that meet all project goals and requirements for a variety of new 5G designs across multiple business units (R&D, Mobile, Compute, IOT, Infrastructure, Automotive, Test Equipment).

The responsibilities of this role include:
•    Learn and develop expertise with the CAD software tools utilized at Qualcomm:
o    Siemens/Mentor Graphics Xpedition - To design complex PWB’s.
o    Siemens Valor - To analyze and check that all DFM (Design for Manufacture) requirements are met to ensure high quality in the design data packages (Gerber/ODB++) used for PWB fabrication.
o    Downstream Technologies Blueprint - To create and release documentation for PWB Fabrication and Assembly drawings.
•    Effectively communicate with project peers and engineering personnel via e-mail, Teams meetings, including regular status reports and illustrative presentation slides.
•    Understand project goals and individual contribution toward those goals.
•    Ability to evaluate PWB design trade-offs necessary to meet design requirements and produce high quality cost effective PWB’s that meet project schedule objectives.
•    Understand the requirements driving PWB technology and process trends and their application to Qualcomm designs.
•    Maintain technical coordination with Engineering and Manufacturing. Resolve PWB design issues with fabrication and assembly vendors.

Minimum Qualifications:

•    Associate's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field and 2+ years of PCB layout handling or related work experience.
OR
High School diploma or equivalent and 4+ years of PCB layout handling or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

    1+ years experience using CAD software tools to design PWB’s for electronics packaging.
    Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical constraint drawings.
    Experience with electronic file exchanges between PWB and Mechanical software tools.
    Basic understanding of Design for Manufacture (DFM) requirements

Knowledge and work experience with:
o    CAD Tools used to design PWB’s (Xpedition, Allegro, PADS, Altium).
o    Basic understanding of electronic components and digital and analog circuit along with component placement and routing strategies.
o    Basic understanding of PWB design practices and industry standards.
o    PWB stack-up development and controlled impedance requirements.  
o    PWB stack-up via technology types, such as Thru-hole, Blind, Buried and micro via.
o    Power distribution in digital and analog designs.
o    Power and signal integrity design practices and analysis.
o    PWB fabrication and assembly process, capabilities, and limitations.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Executes design tasks, with supervision, based on relevant knowledge of printed wiring board design processes, methodology, and tools.
•    Assists in gathering, reading and interpreting schematics, blueprints, and technical documents to understand basic requirements, information, and specifications. 
•    Performs placement and routing of simple circuit boards.
•    Helps develop basic fabrication drawings and other relevant documentation, using knowledge of PWB Standard Notes and Manufacturing Design Guidelines.
•    Contributes to final review of completed design with all stakeholders. Incorporates simple recommended changes to the layout and gain approvals to proceed.
•    Diagnoses and troubleshoots simple technical issues with guidance.
•    Conducts analyses to identify straightforward issues, escalating to leaders as needed.
•    Collaborates with team members, fabrication vendors, and engineers to complete individual tasks.

•    Executes individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with supervision.

Level of Responsibility: 

•     Works under close supervision.
•    Responsible for own work. Decision-making is limited. Impact of decisions is readily apparent. Errors made typically only impact timeline (i.e., require additional time to correct).
•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey basic, routine factual information about day-to-day activities to others who are fully knowledgeable in the subject area.
•    Most tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively; mistakes may result in some rework.
•    Some creativity may be required to troubleshoot technical problems or deal with novel circumstances.
•    Deductive problem solving is required to solve moderately complex problems; most problems have defined processes of diagnosis/detection; some limited data analysis may be required.

The responsibilities of this role do not include:  
•    Does not provide supervision to others.
•    Does not have financial accountability.
•    Has no influence over key organizational decisions.
•    Does not have a role in strategic planning.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$29.62 - $44.42

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm.  We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus).  In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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