PCB Design Engineer

External Job Description - English

Your Job

A PCB Designer is responsible for transforming electronic circuit schematics into manufacturable physical layouts using CAD tools (example – Cadence) , ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. They play a critical role in electronics manufacturing, bridging the gap between circuit design and production.

Our Team

We provide comprehensive PCB design support for specialized products, including:

•  Active and Passive Paddle Card Designs – optimized layouts for high-performance and reliable interconnect solutions.

•  Connector CTV Design – ensuring robust and accurate connector validation through tailored PCB layouts.

•  Production Test Boards – custom-designed boards to validate cable assemblies in real production environments, guaranteeing quality and performance

What You Will Do

•  Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with customers, engineers, and project stakeholders to understand and translate requirements into PCB layouts.

•  Cross-Functional Coordination: Partner with mechanical engineers, signal integrity (SI) experts, and power integrity (PI) teams to ensure designs meet performance and reliability standards.

•  Layout Design: Create PCB layouts tailored to customer specifications, balancing manufacturability, cost, and performance.

•  Supplier Engagement: Collaborate with suppliers to resolve EQ (engineering queries) and ensure tooling and Gerber file resolutions align with production capabilities.

•  Quality Assurance: Validate designs against industry standards and customer expectations, ensuring smooth transition from design to manufacturing.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

•  Education: Bachelor of Engineering (BE) or Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

•  Experience: 2–5 years of hands-on experience in PCB layout design, working with industry-standard CAD/EDA tools.

•  Technical Foundation: Strong understanding of electronic circuits, signal integrity (SI), and power integrity (PI),PDN.

•  Collaboration Skills: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams including mechanical engineers, suppliers, and stakeholders.

•  Manufacturing Knowledge: Familiarity with Gerber file preparation, tooling requirements, and resolving engineering queries (EQ) with suppliers.

What Will Put You Ahead

•  Cutting-Edge Technology Exposure: Hands-on experience with next-generation high-speed designs.

•  Advanced Speed Capabilities: Proven expertise in working with designs operating at 224G, 336G, and 448G data rates.

•  High-Speed Signal Integrity: Ability to manage complex SI/PI challenges in ultra-high-speed environments.

•  Innovation Mindset: Staying ahead of industry trends by adopting and implementing the latest PCB design methodologies.

•  Scalability & Reliability: Designing boards that not only meet today’s performance needs but are future-ready for evolving standards.

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.