PCB Designer

About the company

AuCom is a world leader in industrial motor control solutions. From our research and development base in Christchurch, we've been exporting worldwide for over 40 years. Our motor control technology protects and optimises equipment for customers across mining, water, power generation, and manufacturing industries in more than 100 countries. We're proud to be a genuine Kiwi success story — engineering world-class products right here in New Zealand and backing them with a team that values innovation, quality, and getting it right.

About the role

We're looking for an experienced PCB Designer to join our team and take on some genuinely complex, high-stakes design work. You'll be involved across multiple product lines spanning LV and MV applications, in a fast-moving environment where every project brings something new. It's a role for someone who enjoys a technical challenge and wants their designs to end up protecting equipment worldwide.

In this role, you will:

• Create schematics and PCB layouts from scratch as well as updating and modifying existing designs to satisfy hardware engineering requirements
• Panelisation of existing and new PCB designs ready for production utilising various features such as mouse bites, routed tooling strips & v-scores etc
• Work closely with mechanical design engineers at conceptual stage and during product development to determine PCB form factors and mechanical fit in metal work and plastic housings
• Use Altium variant manager
• Facilitate PCB design reviews
• Generate all PCB documentation such as Gerber and drill files for ordering and generate component placement files for manufacturing
• Verify existing designs and recommend PCB and manufacturing-related improvements
• Propose process improvements to ensure PCB functionality, quality and reliability
• Create and maintain component libraries
• Manipulate 3rd party PCB design files and gerbers for contract assembly at AuCom
• Order prototype runs of PCBs and all the solder paste stencils
• Respond to engineering questions from PCB Fabricators
• Maintain orderly directory of all PCB/PCBA file revision snapshots with a common hierarchy of directories and files. including PDF schematics of all PCBA variants and PCB layers and panels
• Generate part numbers in the ERP system
• Enter PCBA BOMs into the ERP system for both prototype builds and production release ECOs
• Understand the use of DRC
• Follow IPC design recommendations

We’re looking for someone with:

• 5+ years PCB design experience
• Familiar with Altium and Altium 365 workspace
• Experience designing multi-layer (typically up to 4 layer) mixed technology double sided PCBs
• Understanding of schematic & PCB layouts
• Knowledge about manufacturing limitations and design for low cost and high-volume design
• Proficient in the use of Altium Rules and Constraints Editor. Use of net classes for creepages and clearances
• IPC Designer Certification CID & CID+ (or equivalent) preferred
• DFM awareness
• ECAD to MCAD interface transfer. Solid works modelling ability preferred
• Knowledge of PCB fabrication process and Assembly

What's in it for you

• Health and wellbeing perks, including massages, health checks, and annual flu vaccinations
• Health insurance covering you and your direct family
• A workplace that genuinely prioritises health, safety, and wellness
• A supportive team that's got your back

This is a permanent, full-time role, with remuneration negotiated in line with your skills and experience. You'll be based at our Christchurch site — and while we support flexibility where we can, this role is based on-site rather than fully remote.

Sound like your next move? We'd love to hear from you — apply now!

Applications close 14th September 2026.