ECAD Layout Designer Technician, Draft/Product Definition

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🌾 Iowa – Remote

🌾 Iowa – Remote

💵 $41.4k - $72.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

✍️ Designer

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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RTX

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2020

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

RTX is a globally recognized aerospace and defense company dedicated to transformative technologies and era-defining innovation. It operates through various businesses, including Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon, with a focus on sustainable, connected flight and smarter defense systems. RTX is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the company and aims to solve the world’s most complex problems with cutting-edge technology and talent. Additionally, RTX is involved in significant projects like upgrading the F135 Engine Core and developing missile-defense systems. The company emphasizes corporate responsibility and sustainable practices.

📋 Description

• Perform PCB layout tasks of low to medium complexity under close guidance from senior designers • Apply ECAD design standards, layout rules, and established workflows while completing assigned work packages • Support schematic-to-layout implementation, including component placement, basic routing, and constraint setup • Maintain accuracy by minimizing repeat errors and incorporating checker/mentor feedback • Prepare and update ECAD documentation, including fabrication outputs, simple drawings, and design files • Communicate progress and seek clarification proactively to align work with design intent • Contribute to continuous improvement by applying lessons learned and following ECAD best practices • Collaborate with ECAD peers by sharing task updates and implementing corrections • Support configuration management and adherence to ECAD standards • Learn PCB placement, routing, constraint-driven design, multilayer stackups, high-speed fundamentals, fabrication and assembly outputs, DFM/DFA/DFT, PLM systems, and the end-to-end PCB design lifecycle • Collaborate through structured reviews with Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Quality teams

🎯 Requirements

• HS Diploma or AA/AS degree (or other 2-year post high school training) with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience • Experience with PCB layout using ECAD tools, including Siemens Xpedition (Mentor / Expedition / Xpedition) • Ability to perform PCB placement, routing, and basic constraint management within ECAD tools • Experience supporting multilayer PCB designs of low to medium complexity • Familiarity with fabrication output generation (Gerbers, ODB++, or similar) • Understanding of DFM/DFA principles and ability to apply basic manufacturability considerations • U.S. citizenship is required; only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract • Experience with Siemens Xpedition VX or 2504 versions (preferred) • Knowledge of PCB stackups, differential pairs, and impedance-aware routing fundamentals (preferred) • Basic understanding of high-speed or mixed-signal layout considerations (preferred) • Experience participating in cross-functional reviews (preferred) • Familiarity with PLM systems and ECAD data management practices (preferred) • Experience with drafting or documentation tools; BluePrint strongly preferred • Exposure to regulated industries such as aerospace, defense, or industrial (preferred) • Demonstrated ability to learn new ECAD tools, workflows, and standards quickly (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees • Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option • Tuition reimbursement program • Student Loan Repayment Program • Life insurance and disability coverage • Optional pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, and ID theft protection • Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits • Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning • Adoption Assistance • Autism Benefit • Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions • Healthy You Incentives wellness rewards program • Doctor on Demand virtual doctor visits • Bright Horizons child and elder care services • Teladoc Medical Experts second opinion program • Flexible work schedules • Flexible spending accounts • Employee Scholar Program • Paid time off and holidays • Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed • Remote work primarily from home • Potential travel to the site location as needed • Potential onsite presence if living within a reasonable commute of a Collins site • Potential in-person attendance at select interview steps