Board Design Lead - Job Description

• Demonstrated an excellent overall grasp of all of the technical issues involved in designing a PCB with very tight constraints in both timing and cost
• Design experience must include working with current high-speed DDR memory components and technology, preferably DDR2 and/or DDR3 and/or GDDR
• Must have experience in interaction with chip package designers and the constraints involved in working with chip packages
• Must have very solid knowledge of the fundamentals of board design including transmission lines, termination, supply decoupling, routing design rules
• Must also have knowledge and understanding of signal and power integrity, preferably as applied to the design of DDR2 and/or DDR3 and/or GDDR boards
• Must have experience with board designs working at or above 1GHz
• Ideal candidate will have a mix of hands-on experience, being able to use and run a wide selection of board design tools
• Candidate will have demonstrated the ability to supervise a group of engineers or consultants to complete all aspects of a board design from conception, schematics, layout, to manufacture
• Candidate will be very familiar with ViewLogic, ViewDraw, Cadence Allegro, SpectraQuest and Concept, Mentor BoardStation, DxDesigner, and HyperLynx, OrCAD and other such PCB layout, analysis, and schematic capture tools
• Must be flexible and able to work in a dynamic start-up environment where the exact job and responsibilities may change
• Ideal candidate would also have proven experience in bringing up a complete system including a board they have designed in the lab
• The ideal candidate would be the driver of bring-up activities and able to guide and direct other engineers in debug and characterization
• A good solid grasp of electrical engineering is required and an MSEE is strongly desired
• Candidate will typically have 10+ years experience in high-speed printed-circuit board design

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