Hardware Engineer, ECAD Librarian

Lenovo - Morrisville, NC

Full-time - Entry Level

Morrisville, NC

10,001+ employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Hardware Engineer, ECAD Librarian role at Lenovo is focused on the creation and maintenance of ECAD component libraries essential for innovative server designs within the Infrastructure Solutions Group. This position involves collaboration with engineering teams to ensure compliance with industry standards and to deliver high-quality server designs that meet customer reliability expectations.

Responsibilities

• Creation and maintenance of ECAD component models using the Cadence library development tools
• Fully document all library supported processes & specifications
• Support component revision control
• Execute tasks and support the library component request/tracking system
• Coordination with Component Engineering for any issues around creation or maintenance of components in the ECAD library
• Work with Cadence Application Engineers to debug Library and Design Issues
• Daily Interface with all World Wide Engineering Customers & Engineers as Project/Program needs arise

Requirements

• Associates degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering
• At least 2 years experience in Component Schematic and Library creation using Cadence Allegro Library Development tools
• Specific Library tools experience includes EDM Project Manager, Allegro Library Manager, Allegro PCBLibrarianExpert, Allegro Part Developer, Allegro ECAD/MCAD Library Creator, Allegro Design Entry (Concept)
• At least 2 years of experience with ECAD PCB Library and PCB Development
• Previous experience interpreting Manufactures' component datasheets
• Prior experience in extracting data centric attributes from vendor supplied spreadsheets for automated symbol development and verification
• Understand electronic symbols and how they interconnect to each other
• Proficiency in written communication for procedure and standards documentation

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering
• Additional expertise with Cadence Tools, including Pulse Data Manager, System Capture, Allegro PCB Editor, Sigrity signal integrity and Power integrity
• Familiarity of PCB design processes to analyze library change requests to recommend best course of action to implement library changes
• Utilize engineering experience to address questions from System EEs on component usage in the design tools
• Familiarity with the Cadence SPB design flow and schematic to board netlisting flow
• Familiarity with PLM systems
• Industry Standards (IPC, IEEE, JEDEC, Corporate) padstack and footprint and schematic symbol development expertise
• Ability to debug Cadence Design Entry HDL or System Capture netlist errors as part of the card project development process
• Expertise in physical footprint creation or verification