Details:
- Salary: £15 - Hour
- Job Type: Temporary
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Wellington
- Date: 13 hours ago
Description:
CAD/CAM Engineer
Our client based in Hortonwood is looking for a full time, temporary to permanent CAD/CAM Engineer to join their small busy team.
You will be turning customer design data into accurate, manufacturable tooling for every job, working closely with sales, planning and production, you will be Importing and checking customer data (Gerber RS-274X, ODB++, IPC-2581, Excellon drill, netlists) against drawings and purchase order requirements.
Carrying out DFM / CAM analysis: annular ring, track and gap, solder mask clearances, drill to copper, copper balance and slivers, raising engineering queries (EQs) with customers clearly and promptly, and track them to resolution, panelising jobs for production, optimising material usage and adding coupons, fiducials and tooling features, producing production tooling: photoplotter, drill and rout programs, electrical test data and legend / solder mask outputs.
Applying etch compensation and process rules to suit our in-house capability, preparing stack-ups and work with sales on quotations for complex builds (multilayer, controlled impedance, HDI), supporting production with technical queries, revisions and first-off issues and maintaining accurate job records and revision control.
Ideal Candidate
At least 2 years in a PCB CAD/CAM or front-end engineering role at a bare board manufacturer
Hands-on use of a PCB CAM package, with UCAM (Ucamco) strongly preferred; Genesis 2000 / InCAM or CAM350 considered
Confident working with Gerber, ODB++ and Excellon data and spotting incomplete or conflicting customer data
Sound understanding of the bare board process: imaging, etching, plating, drilling, solder mask, legend and electrical test
Working knowledge of IPC-6012 and IPC-A-600 acceptance criteria
Experience panelising jobs and producing drill, rout and test programs
Clear written English for customer engineering queries
Accurate, methodical and comfortable working to tight turnaround timesDesirable
Experience with HDI, microvias, sequential lamination, rigid-flex or metal-core builds
Familiarity with flying probe test data preparation
Laminate knowledge (FR-4 grades, high-Tg, Rogers / RF materials) to support quoting
CAD tool familiarity (Altium, KiCad, OrCAD / Allegro) to read native customer files
Scripting or automation within the CAM system
Experience at a UK or European PCB manufacturerHours
Days
Monday – Friday
Salary
£15.00 per hour
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