PCB CAD Designer - SC Cleared - £440 a Day - Outside IR35Rate: £440 a day Outside IR35Duration: Initially 6 monthsLocation: SouthamptonClearance: SC Clearance required for this roleYou will join a world leading defence technology consultancy and be responsible for PCB CAD design: PCB layout, component placement, routing for RF and high-speed digital board using Altium in accordance with internal PCB CAD design guidelines.Your skills:More than 5-year experience in PCB CAD design, using Altium SW suite, for:electronic schematic capturecomponents library (definition, design component and footprint)mixed technology (eg, SMT, PTH)routingdesign for manufacturingdesign for testabilityRF and high-speed digital boards (eg, mmWave boards)multi-layers PCBdesign through holes and blind viassupport the design engineer in the selection of specific PCB material (substrates, copper)design and verify balanced high-speed trace (impedance, capacitance, spacing)design and verify power trace (current limits, capacity, spacing)design and verify balanced copper distribution and weight to prevent bow and twistcomponents placementdefinition of the layuppreparation of manufacturing datadeep knowledge of IPC-A-600, IPC-6012, IPC-A-610, up to class 3, IPC-2221 standards and guidelines