Our client, a 30-year established provider of printed circuit board (PCB) solutions, is seeking a PCB Applications Engineer to serve as the technical liaison between their customers, internal sales team, and fabrication partners. This is a direct-hire opportunity offering long-term stability with a small, tight-knit engineering team in a growing organization.
The Role
You'll be the technical owner of the customer order workflow — from quote review through production release. You'll review customer Gerber and ODB++ data, coordinate with both domestic and offshore fabrication facilities, manage engineering questions (EQs) end-to-end, and ensure every project's specialized requirements are clearly communicated and executed.
This role is ideal for an experienced CAM Engineer or Front-End Engineer who enjoys solving technical puzzles, thrives on cross-stakeholder coordination, and takes pride in keeping complex projects moving cleanly from start to finish.
What You'll Do
Customer Quotations
- Review incoming documentation packages (Gerbers, ODB++, fab drawings) for accuracy and completeness
- Extract design rules and complete internal quote forms
- Identify specialized requirements and convey them to fabrication partners
- Determine panelization needs and recommend the appropriate fabrication facility
- Prepare fabrication drawings and supporting documentation for the project folder
Customer Orders
- Confirm the most current revision is released to the fabrication facility
- Coordinate pre-production engineering and CAM workflows with fab partners
- Communicate special project requirements: x-outs, packaging, labeling, quality documentation, Certificates of Conformance, etc.
- Serve as the central technical point of contact, keeping Sales and Inside Sales informed throughout
Engineering Questions (EQs)
- Review all EQs received from fabrication facilities
- Relay EQs to customers and own each one through to resolution
- Maintain a clean tracking system for open EQs through production release
- Release orders to production once EQs are resolved and communicate status to Sales
- Maintain thorough records of all project-related communication
DFM & Special Requirements
- Coordinate specialized technical requirements across customer, fabrication facility, and internal teams
- Manage deliverables such as panel array approvals and check-plots
- Support Design for Manufacturing (DFM) efforts as the bridge between customer engineers and fab capabilities
What We're Looking For
- Hands-on experience in PCB front-end engineering, CAM, DFM, or pre-production engineering at a PCB fabrication facility or PCB broker
- Fluency with PCB CAM software (Genesis 2000, InCAM, Valor, CAM350, or similar)
- Working knowledge of fabrication drawings, IPC specifications, materials, stackups, and panelization
- Track record of writing and resolving EQs with customers
- Comfortable communicating directly with customer engineers on technical decisions
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to track multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously
- Self-directed; comfortable working in a small, distributed team without close oversight
Nice to Have
- Experience coordinating with offshore (Asia-based) fabrication partners
- Multi-fab exposure across different PCB shops
- Background in stackup design or impedance calculations
Why Apply
- Direct hire, permanent role with full benefits
- Fully remote with full US geographic flexibility
- Small, collaborative engineering team where your work has visible impact
- Established 30-year company with a stable, technically engaging customer base spanning medical, aerospace, telecom, and industrial markets
- Real ownership of customer relationships and project work — not buried in a large fab hierarchy