PCB Designer

Job description

PCB Designer (Contract)
Location: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full time, on‑site
Rates: £51.60 PAYE or £69.65 Umbrella
Security: BPSS + SC required (UK Eyes Only)
Additional: Subject to ITAR

Overview

BAE Systems Defence Solutions (Maritime Services) is looking for an experienced PCB Designer to join a small, specialist team delivering complex PCB designs for advanced electronic systems. You will take designs from early concepts through to complete manufacturing data packs, working closely with electronics, mechanical and manufacturing teams.

Key responsibilities

• Produce large, complex multi-layer and multi-substrate PCB designs (team delivers circa 30 designs per year)
• Work from initial concepts and schematics through to manufacturing release
• Create and maintain manufacturing data packs
• Support design and peer reviews
• Collaborate with mechanical, electronic and manufacturing teams to ensure DFM and DFT considerations are included
• Maintain and manage component libraries, databases and toolsets (including symbol/part creation)
• Modify and maintain legacy designs
• Support and mentor engineers and other designers, including training on constraints files and schematic/PCB tools

Skills and experience required

• Expert-level Cadence Allegro experience (schematic capture and PCB layout)
• Strong PCB layout experience for large, complex boards (up to 24 layers and 2000+ components)
• Experience designing for controlled impedance, high speed digital, RF, mixed signal, high current, and large FPGA technologies
• Experience with blind, buried and filled vias
• Experience with complex mechanical profiles and enclosure/thermal/screening constraints
• Understanding of ISO 9001 and IPC-610 standards
• HND (or higher) in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or equivalent experience

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Cowes

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Salary indication

Between £413 and £600 Per Month

Published at

10-10-2026

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