About this opportunity
Garmin Ltd. lists this PCB Integration Engineer opportunity in northern, Kentucky. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
We are seeking a full-time PCBIntegration Engineer at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for furthering the PCB and FPC technologies and their adoption inside Garmin. This role serves as the technical bridge between product design teams and PCB suppliers to ensure PCB technologies are properly integrated, validated, optimized, and manufacturable.
Essential Functions
PCB Bring Up and Integration
Lead initiatives as they relate to PCBs, FPCs, and miniaturization, and manufacturing improvements
Investigate, develop, and implement PCB and FPC technologies between vendors, manufacturing, and design engineering
Explore new and existing PCB and FPC technologies to identify integration opportunities in current and future products
Supplier Technical Interface (FAE- like function)
Act as primary technical interface between company engineering teams and component vendors
Review specifications, schematics, and interface requirements
Collaborate with suppliers to resolve integration issues and optimize performance as well as influence supplier designs to meet product requirements
Support vendor selection and technical evaluation
System Design Collaboration
Work with electrical, mechanical, and product design teams to ensure robust integration
Define component requirements including electrical, mechanical, thermal, and performance characteristics while also supporting schematic and layout reviews
Validation and Production Support
Support Design, factory prototype, pilot run, and production ramp phases
Assist manufacturing teams in resolving component-related production issues while driving yield improvements and long-term reliability
Travel required as needed to support business objectives
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics or another related degree AND a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience
Demonstrated expertise in the architecture, integration, validation and troubleshooting of at least one hardware component technology domain
Demonstrated knowledge of hardware interfaces, electrical requirements, communication protocols, control signals, and integration constraints
Experience characterizing component performance across operating conditions to ensure technical and business requirements are met
Knowledge of power, thermal, and signal integrity considerations and their impact on component and system performance
Proven ability to work across electrical, mechanical, firmware, manufacturing, quality, supplier, and program teams
Experience providing supplier technical leadership to improve product quality, performance, manufacturability, and innovation
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and influence skills
Desired Qualifications
Strong understanding of reliability concepts, failure modes, root cause analysis, and corrective action methodologies
Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.
This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits
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Who can apply
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