Electrical Design Engineer

Job Description: Utilize custom design tools to process customer requirements and produce quality designs efficiently. Translate customer requirements to generate logical design in a production probe card environment, to guide through logical and electrical design rules, and for internal and external physical designers for space transformers. Use product specifications and electrical circuit knowledge for the internal design process, design rules, and manufacturing process. Responsible for probe card design entry from customer technical specification using schematics and spreadsheet formats. Interface with customers and vendors to provide quick turn analysis and feedback results to the Sales and Design teams. Work with design and automation groups to define, develop, and improve design tools and design processes. Train new employees on the design process, including documentation and on-the-job training. Education Required: Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field Experience Required: 2 years of experience as Electrical Engineer or related occupation Special Requirements: Must have at least 1 year of prior work experience in each of the following: 1. Generating electrical designs using concepts including impedance, PDN, signal integrity, and digital/analog circuit design. 2. Designing physical routing of different types of signals and plane layers. 3. Designing production level multi-layer boards (substrate or PCB) for wafer test probe cards. 4. Improving electrical designs using layout commercial design tools: Allegro and AutoCAD along with custom tools. 5. Working with SI and PI concepts (insertion loss, return loss, DC, and power impedance) to optimize design layout for electrical performance improvement. 6. Translating customer requirements into electrical designs and generating technical documentation for electrical products. 7. Choosing components for specific electrical applications and researching alternative components for design improvement. Position permits telecommuting: applicant may reside anywhere in U.S. and reports to Livermore, CA office. Salary: $134,056 to $149,400 per year Worksite: 7005 Southfront Road, Livermore, CA 94551 Equal Employment Opportunity Statement FormFactor is an equal opportunity employer. FormFactor complies with all national, state, and local laws that seek to promote equal opportunities for any applicant or employee without regard to age, race, color, gender, gender identity/expression, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, disability, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, military service, or any other legally protected characteristics. These protections apply to all aspects of employment, including but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotions, and compensation.