Picotech Ltd

Engineer

• Produce in-house PCB layouts for New Product Development
• Support the hardware team with layout changes across existing product ranges
• Create high-quality, cost-effective and reliable multi-layer PCB designs from schematic capture through fabrication
• Collaborate with hardware engineers on complex, high-density and mixed-signal printed circuit boards using Cadence Allegro
• Route sensitive analogue front-end circuits while isolating them from noisy high-speed digital buses
• Apply impedance control, length matching and differential pair routing techniques
• Optimise power delivery networks for low-noise performance in test equipment
• Create and maintain footprint libraries and 3D STEP models
• Ensure designs meet DFM, DFA and DFT requirements
• Collaborate with bare-board fabricators and contract manufacturers to resolve technical queries
• Implement layout techniques to help oscilloscopes pass immunity testing
• Guide and review junior engineers
• Establish layout best practices and standard operating procedures
• Ensure Health and Safety, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 procedures are followed
• Report to the Head of Product Realisation

Senior PCB Layout Engineer