Electrical CAD Designer 3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a candidate who is ready to collaborate and develop innovative Printed Circuit Board (PCB) solutions with our Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. This position will support our Armament Systems Business site in Plymouth, MN.
Position Summary.

Layout of Printed Wiring Boards (PWB) with component placement, interconnect routing and drawing generation
Creating, documenting and generating the required drawings and electronic data file outputs for the fabrication and manufacturing of the PWB
Responsible to interface with Electrical and Mechanical engineers to work through mechanical fitment and electrical component placement and routing challenges for rigid, flex assemblies, and rigid-flex assemblies
Coordinates design criteria with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, material, and planning group such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials, and contractual specifications
Responsible for designs including System in Package (SiP), High Density Interconnect (HDI), high speed routing including DDR4, complex analog, RF and high speed SERDES
Understand technical theories of electrical and mechanical behavior of PCBs to influence layout decisions. i.e. Impedance matching, differential pairs, HDI technology challenges, strains and stresses, orientations of components, etc.
Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interact with co-workers and conduct reviews of PCB layout with a team of engineers
Interact with suppliers to enable the fabrication of the finished product
Preferable: PCB Librarian experience like create/check schematic symbols, physical footprints from part specs and design guidelines for IPC class 3 designs and IPC class 2 designs; perform component validation by running parts through entire schematic and board layout process; maintain and organize library in a revision control system. Familiarization with Mentor EDM database.
Basic Qualifications:

High School diploma plus 4 years of Printed Wiring Board (PWB) layout experience
2-year technical degree in related discipline plus 5-7 years of PWB layout experience is highly desired
Experience using Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design suites such as Cadence, Altium and Mentor Graphics VX