PCB Design Engineer

Job Title: PCB Design Engineer

Location: Palm Bay, FL

Employment: Temp to perm (12 months)

Industry: Aerospace and Defense

Compensation: $55-$65/hr.

Schedule: 980-Reg - 1 st shift

About the Opportunity:

• Responsible for performing PCB design within a segment of the client.
• This team, located at multiple sites across the United States, designs PCB assemblies that are used in missions spanning across the domains of our segment.
• Designed PCB assemblies are used in space-based applications, avionics systems, and verification testing purposes.
• Team members will collaborate closely with electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, and manufacturing teams to ensure high-quality, reliable designs that meet performance and cost objectives.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

• This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

About Acara Solutions

• Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

Sound like a good fit?

TODAY

What You'll Do:

• Create printed circuit board layouts based on electrical engineering schematics and design requirements using industry-standard design tools.
• Develop and maintain detailed fabrication and assembly documentation, including drawings, stackups, and design notes.
• Perform design rule checks, manage constraints, and participate in design reviews in collaboration with engineering teams. Implement feedback to improve design robustness and reduce production risk.
• Coordinate with mechanical engineering teams to ensure proper integration of printed circuit boards within system enclosures and assemblies.
• Support component placement, routing strategies, and signal-integrity considerations for digital, power, analog, radio-frequency, and mixed-signal designs.
• Design Printed Circuit Boards using Siemens Xpedition CAD software.
• Produce and release layout files with fabrication and assembly drawings.
• Interpret schematic and mechanical CAD data and layout PCBs per customer requests.
• Collaborate with ECAD Design team and internal engineering customers.
• Collaborate with mechanical design engineers to ensure mechanical accuracy.
• Ensure PCB layout accuracy and compliance to IPC class 3 standards and follow the established client's design and fabrication guidelines.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 8+ years of experience creating PCB layouts using Siemens Xpedition software.
• 8+ years of experience interpreting electrical schematics and engineering documentation.
• 8+ years of experience and knowledge of PCB design technologies for military, airborne, and space, PCB layout techniques, electrical schematics.

What Sets You Apart:

• Associate Degree.
• Bachelor's Degree.
• Master's Degree.
• Ability to understand fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, and relevant industry standards such as those produced by the Institute for Printed Circuits (IPC).
• Siemens Xpedition CAD Software knowledge.
• Siemens Engineering Data Management (EDM).
• Siemens Valor NPI experience.
• Siemens BluePrint PCB experience.
• Cadence Allegro PCB experience.
• Experience with high-speed digital design practices, including controlled-impedance routing and differential-pair layout.
• Experience designing multilayer printed circuit boards for radio-frequency or mixed-signal applications.
• Experience collaborating with contract manufacturers or fabrication vendors.
• Familiarity with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Testability (DFT) principles.
• Experience with three-dimensional mechanical integration and electromagnetic-compatibility considerations.
• Familiarity with product lifecycle management (PLM) systems and engineering configuration-control processes.
• IPC Certified Interconnect Designer (CID/CID+).
• Altium or PADS software knowledge.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person', as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.

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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.