Printed Circuit Board Designer in Portsmouth

Job description

The Printed Circuit Board Designer will:-

• Be part of a small team generating approximately 30 PCB designs per year.
• Have detailed knowledge and experience of tools and techniques required to generate large, complex, multi-substrate PCB designs.
• Undertake PCB design activities from initial concepts through to generation of manufacturing data packs.
• Help maintain toolsets and supporting libraries/databases.

We have multiple roles across our various sites at Cowes, Great Baddow, and Portsmouth. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements, and can accommodate all levels of experience.

The role holder will undertake some or all of the following tasks :-

• Apply knowledge, technical skills and general engineering experience to generate PCB designs.
• Interpretation, generation, and management of schematic diagrams.
• Collaborate closely with the mechanical and electronic design teams.
• Collaborate closely with the manufacturing team ensuring Design for Manufacture and Design for Test considerations are embodied.
• Generation of manufacturing data packs
• Support Design and Peer Reviews
• Undertake component library management.
• Modifications and maintenance of legacy designs.

The role holder will have a HND or above in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent, and have experience in one or more of the following areas :-

• PCB design techniques for large, complex, multi-layer, multi-substrate, PCBs. (Up to 24 layer, 2000+ components)
• Designing for controlled impedance, high speed digital, RF, mixed signal, high current, and large FPGA technologies.
• Experience of blind, buried, and filled via techniques.
• Experience of flexible PCB and interconnecting assemblies.
• Ability to work with complex mechanical profiles to accommodate enclosure, structural, thermal, and screening requirements.
• Experience of one or more industry standard toolsets.
• Ability to work to ISO9001 and IPC-610 standards.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Portsmouth

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

18-11-2025

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English