Qualcomm
Director PCB CAD
$171K–$256K
San Diego, California · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum qualifications also state an associate's degree and 15+ years of PCB layout handling or related work experience, or a high school diploma or equivalent and 17+ years of that experience. Preferred qualifications include 6+ years in a leadership role with direct reports and 4+ years managing global reports and delegating work.
- Education
- Associate's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field; or high school diploma or equivalent. Preferred: bachelor's degree in a related field.
About the job
Leads Qualcomm’s PCB/PWB design team and oversees complex board layouts, CAD tools, design processes, and delivery from concept through production.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor a geographically distributed design team, coordinating projects, stakeholders, schedules, and deliverables.
- Guide PCB stack-ups, via structures, design constraints, verification, signal and power integrity, and manufacturability in collaboration with vendors and engineering teams.
- Drive CAD tool automation and process improvements across design and support teams.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of PCB/PWB team management.
- 15+ years actively involved in PCB/PWB design for high-density electronics packaging.
- 15+ years in a PCB/PWB design role designing reference designs utilizing latest generation processor chips.
- Design for Manufacture (DFM) analysis experience using Valor and/or CAM350.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 16+ years of RF, Mixed Signal, High Speed Digital, and Power PCB design or related experience; 16+ years of hands-on experience with Allegro, PADS, or Expedition layout tool.
Pay
$170,600.00 - $256,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Mentor Xpedition, Mentor PADS, Cadence Allegro, Valor, CAM350, IDF/EMN
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