PCB Layout Designer

Location: United States - Minnesota - St. Paul

Category: Research & Development

Employment Type: Full time

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

PCB Layout Designer 

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our St. Paul, MN location in the Electrophysiology division. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the PCB Designer, you'll have the chance to work within a team environment to design and draft complex electronic PCBs, associated drawings, and be responsible for schedules and deadlines.

What You’ll Work On:

• Create component symbols and footprints per supplier datasheets and IPC standards
• Maintain and support Abbott ECAD Library
• Layout of complex mixed-signal PCB designs
• Provide documentation for fabrication and assembly
• Component pin mapping in complex schematic symbols and PCB footprints
• Layout of PCBs for optimal electrical, EMI, and thermal performance
• PCB Design rules and constraint management
• Perform design rule checks within ECAD tools
• Interface with vendors to import and export data for fabrication of bare boards and installation of electronic and mechanical components
• Collaborate with Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Teams to determine board shape, hole patterns, and optimal placement of components
• Interface with Operations and Document Control to release drawings

Required Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in a relevant subject

• Ability to analyze and evaluate technologically complex devices
• Ability to work in a diverse business environment
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Ability to leverage and engage others to accomplish projects
• Strong verbal and written communication with ability to effectively communicate in the organization
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines in a timely manner
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to maintain regular and predictable attendance on-site

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Altium Designer
• Familiarity with IPC-6011, IPC-6012, and other related IPC standards for PCBs
• Understanding of PCB fabrication, limitations, and best practices
• Experience using Microsoft Office
• Familiarity with PLM systems such as Windchill

Apply Now

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $27.85 – $55.65 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.