Printed Circuit Board Design Engineer

EFA GROUP consists of companies in the fields of Aerospace, Security, Defense and Industrial Cooperation with a solid international presence. EFA GROUP currently employs 170 people in total, the majority of them being engineers and experts in their field. The Group has established offices across 4 international regions: Greece, Switzerland, UAE, and Singapore to serve its customers in more than 20 countries worldwide. EFA GROUP includes EFA VENTURES (Supply Chain Management and integrated services), AEROSPACE VENTURES (Industrial Participation and related services), SCYTALYS (Systems integration and Software), ES SYSTEMS (Sensors Design and Electronics), EPICOS (Global defense B2B information platform), UCANDRONE (Unmanned Systems) and AETHER AERONAUTICS (Target Drones). www.efagroup.eu

ES Systems is a developer and manufacturer of high-quality sensors based on micro-electronics technologies. ES Systems, MEMS based, sensors and sensor systems, which are produced via qualified industrial processes, measure pressure, fluid properties and temperature. Combining multiple discipline capabilities, ES Systems delivers technologically advanced sensor solutions in a fast and efficient way starting from the concept to prototyping and full production and has developed innovative smart, autonomous, low power, and wireless sensors ideal for integration to IoT systems.

Role Summary

The successful candidate will take part in the product development process of ES Systems’ new products based on a multitude of sensors. He / She will be undertaking the design and testing efforts for the necessary PCB, based on modern technologies and substrate materials.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with System Engineers, FPGA engineers and other software developers to define system architecture and electronic circuit requirements.
• Design and implement mixed signal and digital PCBs.
• Transfer block diagrams and general requirements to PCB schematics documents and multi-layer PCB layouts.
• Release fabrication, assembly and BOM documents and track PCB manufacturing.
• Design and document the test process for PCBs.
• Perform PCB test and characterization using benchtop electronics equipment.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in electronics/ engineering related subject.
• Experience with PCB design, development, and testing/verification.
• Experience with circuit and PCB simulation using mixed signal and Signal Integrity simulation tools.
• Hand-soldering and PCB rework experience.
• Use of benchtop tools for PCB debug (oscilloscopes, power supplies etc.).
• Familiarity with mixed signal (sensor power supplies, ADC/DAC pipelines).
• Familiarity with digital circuits (high pin-count components, complex/high speed interfaces like DDR, SerDes, control impedance etc.).

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Altium PCB design environment.
• Experience with Ansys SIwave
• Familiarity with FPGA based systems-on-board.