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If you have experience working on PCB design teams, either in a single location or remotely, you've probably seen your share of successful and failed projects. Any project can fail or be severely delayed for a variety of reasons, and sometimes, the stars must align to ensure everything is delivered on time and under budget. Even after making many mistakes that caused project delays and fragmented team members, I'm still learning what it takes to...

On the surface, the electronics supply chain looks stable. Production lines are running, distributors have inventory, and most components remain available. Nothing seems dramatically different.  But experienced procurement teams know supply chains rarely break overnight. Instead, the pressure builds quietly in the background.  Energy prices start moving. Shipping routes become less predictable. Insurance premiums rise or become unattainable...

Complex electronics products rarely originate from a single software environment. Reference designs may come from open source ECAD tools. Mechanical enclosures are defined in MCAD platforms. Manufacturing partners work from neutral fabrication data. Suppliers provide 3D models in yet another format. Engineering teams do not choose multiple CAD formats as a strategy. They inherit them. The practical question is how to manage and use these formats...

Stacked PCBs, mezzanine connectors, flex, and harnesses force multiple interfaces into a small volume, usually with vibration, temperature cycling, and conducted and radiated EMI. In that environment, many field and bring-up failures originate at the interconnect, not inside a single board. Typical root causes are pin assignments that ignore return current paths, inconsistent net naming between schematic and harness, connector transitions that...

As the global semiconductor market nears $1 trillion in annual revenue, the industry faces a high-stakes paradox. Headlines celebrate record-breaking growth. Yet, many sectors, especially automotive and those reliant on mature process nodes, struggle with acute, structural shortages. In this topsy-turvy time, allocation has shifted from a temporary emergency measure into a permanent, strategic pillar of the product lifecycle. For engineers...

Discover how modern hardware teams use AI-native, API-first PLM to bring structure, traceability, and velocity to their design workflows. As hardware systems grow more complex, teams often struggle with fragmented tools, disconnected design data, unclear ownership, and manual processes that slow development and introduce risk. These challenges lead to version confusion, siloed data, duplicated effort, and costly downstream errors. Join us for a...

The concept of "requirements traceability" is pretty self-explanatory, and, in the wake of increased supply chain disruption risk, more organizations are striving to improve the traceability of the electronic design processes. In the context of printed circuit board (PCB) design requirements, requirements traceability can provide unique benefits - minimizing the need to rework electronics and encouraging more input from sourcing teams to...

Michael Jastram and Joe Justice, both experienced system engineers, take us into the inner workings of SpaceX and explore how they became the most important space engineering company on this planet (and beyond!).  They break down the company’s innovative approach to systems engineering, including data-driven design and the important role of modularity.  Key Takeaways SpaceX’s success is rooted in data‑driven systems engineering. SpaceX uses...

Success in electronics development isn't just about having the best idea; it’s about how quickly that idea becomes a shippable product. For growing organizations, the ability to move fast often hits a ceiling as teams distribute and regulatory requirements pile up. The challenge is no longer just individual design speed, but the ability to scale that speed across a complex web of collaborators without losing control. Altium Agile Teams addresses...