Electronic Drafters

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Code: 17-3012.01

Description : Draw wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, schematics, and layout drawings used for manufacture, installation, and repair of electronic equipment.

JobTitles : Design Drafter, Designer, Drafter, Integrated Circuit IC Layout Designer (IC Layout Designer), Layout Designer, Mask Designer, Printed Circuit Board PCB Designer (PCB Designer), Printed Circuit Board PCB Draftsman (PCB Draftsman), Senior Designer, Senior Printed Circuit Board PCB Designer

Tasks:
  • Consult with engineers to discuss and interpret design concepts, and determine requirements of detailed working drawings.
  • Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data, such as configuration of parts, dimensions, and tolerances.
  • Draft detail and assembly drawings of design components, circuitry and printed circuit boards, using computer-assisted equipment or standard drafting techniques and devices.
  • Locate files relating to specified design project in database library, load program into computer, and record completed job data.
  • Review work orders and procedural manuals and confer with vendors and design staff to resolve problems and modify design.
  • Generate computer tapes of final layout design to produce layered photo masks and photo plotting design onto film.
  • Key and program specified commands and engineering specifications into computer system to change functions and test final layout.
  • Supervise and coordinate work activities of workers engaged in drafting, designing layouts, assembling, and testing printed circuit boards.
  • Compare logic element configuration on display screen with engineering schematics and calculate figures to convert, redesign, and modify element.
  • Review blueprints to determine customer requirements and consult with assembler regarding schematics, wiring procedures, and conductor paths.