PCB Applications Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Our client, a 30-year established provider of printed circuit board (PCB) solutions, is seeking a PCB Applications Engineer to serve as the technical liaison between their customers, internal sales team, and fabrication partners. This is a direct-hire opportunity offering long-term stability with a small, tight-knit engineering team in a growing organization.

The Role

You'll be the technical owner of the customer order workflow — from quote review through production release. You'll review customer Gerber and ODB++ data, coordinate with both domestic and offshore fabrication facilities, manage engineering questions (EQs) end-to-end, and ensure every project's specialized requirements are clearly communicated and executed.

This role is ideal for an experienced CAM Engineer or Front-End Engineer who enjoys solving technical puzzles, thrives on cross-stakeholder coordination, and takes pride in keeping complex projects moving cleanly from start to finish.

What You'll Do

Customer Quotations

• Review incoming documentation packages (Gerbers, ODB++, fab drawings) for accuracy and completeness
• Extract design rules and complete internal quote forms
• Identify specialized requirements and convey them to fabrication partners
• Determine panelization needs and recommend the appropriate fabrication facility
• Prepare fabrication drawings and supporting documentation for the project folder

Customer Orders

• Confirm the most current revision is released to the fabrication facility
• Coordinate pre-production engineering and CAM workflows with fab partners
• Communicate special project requirements: x-outs, packaging, labeling, quality documentation, Certificates of Conformance, etc.
• Serve as the central technical point of contact, keeping Sales and Inside Sales informed throughout

Engineering Questions (EQs)

• Review all EQs received from fabrication facilities
• Relay EQs to customers and own each one through to resolution
• Maintain a clean tracking system for open EQs through production release
• Release orders to production once EQs are resolved and communicate status to Sales
• Maintain thorough records of all project-related communication

DFM & Special Requirements

• Coordinate specialized technical requirements across customer, fabrication facility, and internal teams
• Manage deliverables such as panel array approvals and check-plots
• Support Design for Manufacturing (DFM) efforts as the bridge between customer engineers and fab capabilities

What We're Looking For

• Hands-on experience in PCB front-end engineering, CAM, DFM, or pre-production engineering at a PCB fabrication facility or PCB broker
• Fluency with PCB CAM software (Genesis 2000, InCAM, Valor, CAM350, or similar)
• Working knowledge of fabrication drawings, IPC specifications, materials, stackups, and panelization
• Track record of writing and resolving EQs with customers
• Comfortable communicating directly with customer engineers on technical decisions
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to track multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously
• Self-directed; comfortable working in a small, distributed team without close oversight

Nice to Have

• Experience coordinating with offshore (Asia-based) fabrication partners
• Multi-fab exposure across different PCB shops
• Background in stackup design or impedance calculations

Why Apply

• Direct hire, permanent role with full benefits
• Fully remote with full US geographic flexibility
• Small, collaborative engineering team where your work has visible impact
• Established 30-year company with a stable, technically engaging customer base spanning medical, aerospace, telecom, and industrial markets
• Real ownership of customer relationships and project work — not buried in a large fab hierarchy