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