PCB Designer

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

Aim of the industrial engineering department is to provide support to the industrialization of all TAS products (including Computing, Data Handling, Science, Processing, Navigation, Power and RF equipment) from the architectural design to the manufacturing of the Flight Models.

Main responsibilities of PCBA design team are the following:

- To collaborate with the electrical and thermo-mechanical design departments in order to find a feasible solution meeting the different equipment requirements and reliable from the industrial point of view.
- To understand electrical drawings endorsing the electrical and functional requirements and implementing them in during PCB design
- To develop printed circuit boards defining the most suitable technology taking into account the characteristic of the product and the capabilities of the manufacturers.
- To check that design choices are within the frame of the existing qualification and eventually address the enabling technologies needed for the development of products.
- To generate a clear and exhaustive documentation dossier driving the life cycle of electronic boards including kitting, assembly, test and integration phases according to the applicable product manufacturing flow chart.
- To support the technological qualification process by means of test vehicle design and assembly document preparation according to the corresponding qualification test plan.
- To identify the most reliable implementation for reworks and modifications to be applied on already existing hardware
- To secure the design evolution managing the engineering change process for digital and scientific products.

**Open position**:
Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A. is looking for a resource to be included in its Gorgonzola site as full-time position in the frame of industrial engineering department as PCB designer within PCBA team.

Understanding of electrical design and knowledge of main EEE components is needed, therefore technical high school diploma or bachelor degree in electronics or physics are required.

Knowledge of PCB manufacturing technologies and main board assembly processes and related constrains as defined by IPC normative will be preferential.

At least 2 years of experience in printed circuit board design (using Mentor PADS/xPEDITION, ORCAD or equivalent ECAD software suite) is required.