Senior PCB CAD Designer

Spectacles are Snap’s hand-free camera that take in both photo and video content that is shareable on, and off, Snapchat.

With hardware and augmented reality working in tandem, Spectacles make it easy to make memories from your perspective, and relive them later.

Snap Lab is home to Spectacles — a camera inspired by the human eye, powered by your imagination — and a world-class research & development team that is paving the way for the future of the camera.

Snap Lab builds creative technology that helps overlay computing on the world around us.

We’re looking for a Senior PCB CAD Designer to join the Snap Lab team!

What you’ll do:

  • Will work with electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers to produce industry leading printed circuit board designs from prototype through to mass production using Allegro PCB Designer. 

  • Design high density printed circuit boards and flexible printed circuit boards requiring the use of stacked microvias, sequential lamination stack-ups, and fine pitch packages

  • Creation of fabrication and assembly drawings.

  • Define design rules, apply them to the constraint manager, design within limits, and verify design prior to fabrication and assembly. 

  • Interact with suppliers on stackups, capabilities, and solving engineering issues. 

  • Drive the development of multiple PCB designs simultaneously and prioritize time accordingly. 

  • Review Gerber and ODB++ data to ensure quality of design release.

  • Work on challenging projects with critical deadlines.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • ​ BS/BA degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

  • 8+ years of experience using PCB Layout CAD tools to design HDI boards in small form factor devices.

  • Experience and ability to strategize designing with high pin count BGAs with pitch less than 0.5mm

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Cadence Allegro, ORCAD Capture and CIS/CIP toolset preferred

  • Strong skills in designing quality multi-layer, high density designs with careful consideration of analog, rf, high speed, and power circuits. 

  • Experience routing impedance controlled nets, including differential pairs, per engineer’s instructions and component specifications. 

  • Experience with flex and rigid-flex designs strongly preferred.

  • Demonstrate understanding of IPC, Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Testability (DFT). 

  • Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills for presenting design reviews, interacting with engineering teams, vendors, suppliers and enhancing documentation of design guidelines and processes. 

  • Strong work ethic and team player with good communication and time management skills with ability to work effectively with others.

  • PCB ECAD Library and Library Configuration Management experience a plus.

  • Experience with CAM350 or Valor preferred

  • Ability to develop Allegro scripts is a plus

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate.

Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

EOE, including disability/vets.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and contact us at [email protected]

Our Benefits : Snap Inc.

is its own community, so we’ve got your back!

We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms.

Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid maternity & paternity leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

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