Senior Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Designer Specialist

Job Title: Senior Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Designer Specialist

Location: Salt Lake City, UT (Remote)

Employment Type: Temp to Perm (12 months)

Industry: Aerospace and Defense

Compensation: $63.28 /hr.

Schedule: 9/80 hrs/Week. - (1 st shift)

About the Opportunity:

• Join a collaborative engineering team where you'll design and develop PCB layouts for circuit card assemblies (CCAs), working closely with electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers. 
• You'll take designs from component placement and routing through documentation, reviews, and final release, while helping resolve design challenges and implement engineering changes.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally. 

About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

Sound like a good fit?

TODAY

What You'll Do:

• Design PCB layouts by placing and routing components while meeting electrical, mechanical, and physical design requirements.
• Ensure PCB designs comply with manufacturing and assembly requirements.
• Create and maintain drawings and documentation to support PCB fabrication and CCA assembly.
• Update and rework PCB designs in response to engineering changes, collaborating with the wider design team to resolve issues.
• Develop ECAD library footprints and schematic symbols as required for design projects.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 7+ years of experience in circuit board design processes, including requirements generation, preliminary design (block diagram generation, long lead part identification), detailed design (schematic generation, simulation, place & route), test plan generation, and integration & test.
• 10+ years of experience in operating electronics laboratory equipment including: digital multimeters, oscilloscopes (DSO, mixed-signal), signal generators, DC power supplies.
• 13+ years of experience in  electrical engineering.

What Sets You Apart:

• Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology.
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• IPC CID certification.
• Multiple years of experience in PCB design or a combination of education, training, and experience in PCB design.
• Competent skills and experience with ECAD software applications and related equipment. 
• Specific experience with Siemens (formerly Mentor Graphics) Xpedition software.
• Competent experience and knowledge of PCB design technologies, PCB layout techniques, electrical schematics, PCB fabrication and assembly drawings.
• Practical knowledge of industry standards, such as IPC for design (including design for manufacturability) and ASME/ANSI for documentation. 
• Specific relevant IPC standards include IPC-2221, IPC-2222, IPC-6012, IPC-A-600, and IPC-A-610.
• IT experience to help with backend management and maintenance of ECAD tools such as Siemens Xpedition and EDM.
• Experience leading teams to design and debug Digital CCAs (Technical, Cost, & Schedule).
• Experience with signal integrity analysis tools (HyperLynx).
• Experience with Mentor Graphics Xpedition tool suite.
• Experience with high-speed serial protocols.
• 10/25 Gb Ethernet, PCI Express Gen 2/3, Fibre Channel, among other high-speed standards.
• Experience with high-speed memory interfaces.
• Ability to lead teams through conflict, clarify objectives, and develop consensus/buy-in.
• Experience integrating with firmware/software and leading lab integration activities.
• Experience with testing and qualification of the deliverable system.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Teamwork.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person', as defined in ITAR clause 120.15.   A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.

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