PCB Layout Design Engineer

PCB Layout Design Engineer (Contract)

Location: HTC, High Tech Campus, Eindhoven

Duration Assignment: 12 months (with possible extension)

Contract: via a Randstad company

Hours/week: 40

Salary range: €3500 - €5000

In this role, you will have the opportunity to: Make life better! In this role, you challenge the actual design of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBAs) based on specifications and quality requirements for all Philips business units. You will be instrumental in pioneering AI-driven approaches in PCBA layout design, combining hands-on experience with AI with your scripting expertise.

When you choose to work at Philips you’ll work on life-changing projects; and contribute to innovative health technologies and solutions that improve billions of lives around the world.

You will be responsible for:

• Being responsible for all aspects of PCBA layout design.
• Embracing and efficiently using Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions and features built into high-end CAD tools.
• Developing and implementing the actual Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) based on specifications and business requirements.
• Serving as a bridge-builder to the technology teams working on CAD tool optimization.
• Close collaboration with electronic design engineers and specialists in PCBA technology, signal integrity, and power integrity.
• Ensuring a meaningful contribution to the evolving way of working within the Electronic Design Services (EDS) group.
• Ensuring the quality and reliability of the designed PCBAs.
  
  

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience:

• End-to-end design-flow experience in PCBA development.
• AI experience: hands-on application of LLM’s tools like ChatGPT or Copilot.
• Experience with the development of application scripts in Python/C/C++.
• Proficiency in high-end CAD tools for PCBA design (like Siemens Xpedition, Cadence Allegro, etc.).
• Knowledge of PCBA technology (materials, stack-up, components, manufacturability, assembly).
• Practitioner level in Electronic design, signal and power integrity, and safety aspects (isolation and creepage).
• An educational background (MBO/HBO/WO) in a relevant technical field.
• A candidate with several years of concrete work experience in PCBA design.
• Strong communication skills and a proactive team player.
• Enthusiasm for AI, tooling, and scripting.
  
  

In return, we offer you: For this project, you’ll work for Philips and become a contract or permanent employee of a Randstad company. As a contractor at Philips you'll enjoy cutting-edge challenges and unexpected experiences that make you a more in-demand professional. You will work in an inspiring, varied, dynamic, informal, and international work environment with ample opportunities to grow and develop, and a strong intent for a permanent contract at Philips.

Why work on a project at Philips? If you’re looking for meaningful work and a chance to tackle complex challenges, broaden your skills and expertise and become an even more sought after professional, you’ll find all that and more with project work at Philips.

The Randstad companies are responsible for finding talent to provide services at Philips. If you are selected to provide services for Philips, you will be employed by Randstad and will not be an employee of Philips.