PCB Layout Engineer / Leiterplattenentwickler:in (all genders)

Job description

Your Mission: Join VÆRIDION on our journey to develop the world's first electric nine-seater aircraft. As a PCB Layout Engineer (all genders) in our Technology division, you will own the physical design of the printed circuit boards at the heart of our high-voltage propulsion battery and power-distribution systems, turning engineering intent into flight-ready, manufacturable and certifiable hardware. Partnering closely with our electronics, hardware and manufacturing engineers from schematic to fabrication, you will apply IPC standards and aerospace-grade design discipline to hardware that must be safe, reliable and light enough to fly - work that directly underpins the propulsion battery system at the core of our mission to bring electric flight to regional aviation. Your Day-to-Day: Design, route and iterate multilayer PCB layouts from schematics, netlists and engineering requirements. Define and document PCB stack-ups, controlled-impedance geometries and reference-plane strategies together with the hardware engineers. Perform ECAD–MCAD co-design with the mechanical team, including STEP exchange, board-outline and keep-out definition, and connector and component placement against enclosure and thermal constraints. Apply high-voltage layout discipline - creepage and clearance, isolation barriers and 3W spacing - in line with IPC-2221 and the demands of aerospace high-voltage battery systems. Engineer for signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC, manufacturability and thermal management, using thermal vias, heavy-copper and metal-clad constructions. Create and govern the PCB component library — schematic symbols, footprints and 3D models - in accordance with IPC standards . Ensure designs comply with IPC-2221, IPC-7351 and IPC-6012 (including Class 3 expectations for high-reliability hardware) and other relevant IPC standards. Produce complete fabrication and assembly data packages: Gerbers, ODB++/IPC-2581, drill files, BOMs, pick-and-place and assembly drawings. Perform design rule checks (DRC), electrical rule checks and layout-versus-schematic verification, and support design and readiness reviews. Collaborate with electronics and hardware engineers to implement design changes and resolve layout issues. Partner with PCB fabricators and assemblers to resolve DFM/DFA feedback and manufacturing topics, and to qualify new suppliers and processes. Maintain…