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Physical Design Technician

AT IBM
IBM

Physical Design Technician

Austin, TX

Introduction

As a core member of the Physical Design Team, you will be expected to work autonomously and deliver on project phases on time and on budget.

Your role and responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gathering System architecture requirements and developing and improving upon robust layout solutions

• Designing PCB layouts of high density, multi-layered, and high-speed circuit boards in Cadence Allegro PCB Editor on a rigorous schedule

• Demonstrating extensive knowledge of placement, wiring, padstacks, board outline restrictions, constraint interpretation, and various tuning methods

• Incorporating updates to existing component placements, routing, and constraints as needed to meet product requirements

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• Must coordinate input from various disciplines such as Mechanical, Signal Integrity, and Power Integrity to ensure all requirements are met

• Support comprehensive design reviews and implement review feedback from internal and external teams while ensuring product schedules are met

• Responsible for executing final PD checks, Valor checks, and the generation of fabrication and assembly data for manufacturing

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Associate's Degree/College Diploma

Required technical and professional expertise

• Minimum 10 years of experience with Cadence's Allegro PCB Editor

• Self-starter, able to independently drive tasks to completion

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with Cadence's Allegro PCB Editor version 17.2

• Experience with Cadence's Allegro Design Entry HDL version 17.2

• Experience with Mentor Graphic's (now Siemens') Valor Process Engineering Solutions

• Foundational understanding of associated engineering skills such as Card Engineering, Signal Integrity, Power Engineering, Power Integrity, EMC, and more

• Strong analytical/problem solving skills and pronounced attention to details

• Strong communication skills

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

  • Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
  • Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
  • Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
  • Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
  • Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Client-provided location(s): Austin, TX, USA
Job ID: IBM-37176
Employment Type: Other

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