Responsibilities: 

• Use dxdesigner schematic capture files, mechanical drawings, and component-specific layout guidelines as input data 
• Create a preliminary plan/sketch of the board 
• Place high-density and high quantity of components 
• Assign rules to the Constraint Manager 
• Route single-ended nets, differential-pair nets, multi-net buses 
• Design Power/Ground planes 
• Run final DRC checks for schematic and layout 
• Create and verify Gerber and ODB++ files for manufacturing 
• Collaborate with and provide feedback to Electronic Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, CAD Librarians, and other PCB Designers to correct, optimize, and speed up the layout process 
• Adapt the layout design techniques to Evertz's manufacturing/assembly requirements 

 Qualifications: 

• Very experienced with Mentor Graphics Expedition VX layout tools 
• Proficient with Mentor Graphics Expedition VX schematic capture tools (dxdesigner, databook) 
• Comprehensive knowledge of complex high-speed and high-density designs, use of blind and buried vias 
• Comprehensive knowledge in the placement of electronic architectures using microprocessors and their peripherals such as oscillators, buffers, re-clockers, SDRAM controllers, SRAM, FPGA, DDR3, DDR4, and power management systems 
• Proficient with DRC use and interpretations 
• Good knowledge of how pcbs are manufactured 
• Current understanding of PCB fabrication capabilities 
• Current understanding of design and producibility challenges 
• Working knowledge of applicable IPC standards (IPC-2221, IPC-6012, IPC-6013) 
• Very good problem solving skills with an ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements 
• Very good at using Expedition VX documentation and other Mentor Graphics resources to learn how to use the software's new features 
• Good interpersonal and communications skills