Senior PCB DFx Engineer

Role overview

This senior engineering role provides technical leadership on printed circuit board (PCB) materials, fabrication methods, and design for excellence (DFx). It works with design, manufacturing, quality, program, and supplier teams to make advanced electronics manufacturable and reliable across aerospace, defense, airborne, commercial, and space applications.

Responsibilities

- Advise teams on high-density interconnect (HDI), RF and microwave, high-speed digital, rigid-flex, and other high-reliability PCB technologies. - Review board stack-ups, material choices, impedance controls, via designs, fabrication drawings, and manufacturing specifications. - Lead design-for-fabrication reviews from early concepts through production. - Work with PCB fabrication suppliers to improve yield, quality, cost, and schedule. - Investigate fabrication or reliability problems, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions. - Maintain design guidelines and standards, and support concurrent programs and critical design reviews.

Requirements

- 10 or more years in PCB fabrication, PCB technology, DFx, or PCB manufacturing engineering. - Extensive knowledge of HDI fabrication, micro-vias, sequential lamination, controlled impedance, RF materials, and high-reliability board technologies. - Working knowledge of relevant IPC standards, including IPC-2221/2222, IPC-601X, IPC-A-600, IPC-A-610, and J-STD-001. - Experience supporting aerospace, defense, military, airborne, or space hardware programs. - Ability to manage multiple projects and guide technical decisions across teams; strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills. - Engineering bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, and an active DoD Secret clearance.

Nice to have

Familiarity with PCB design and manufacturing tools such as Mentor Xpedition, Zuken, Cadence Allegro, Valor, CAM350, Minitab, Jira, Agile, or Oracle. Relevant industry certifications are also mentioned in the source.