Navigating the PCB Mfg. Landscape Heading Into PCB West 2025
In this conversation, Judy Warner and David Schild discuss the latest developments in the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) industry, focusing on the importance of a robust domestic supply chain, membership growth in the PCBAA, and efforts to support manufacturing here in the States. They highlight the significance of recent engagements with the decision maker on the Hill and the need for collaboration across the industry to ensure a secure and reliable supply chain for microelectronics.
PCBAA Website
David Schild on LinkedIn
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Can your Phone Call Space? From 5GTN to 6GNTN and the Digital Twin Revolution
Can your cell phone really connect straight to satellites? In this episode, Judy Warner and Keysight’s Murthy Upmaka explore 5G’s promises vs. reality, how non-terrestrial networks (NTN) are changing the game, and why digital twins + AI will unlock the future of 6G for engineers like you.
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First Principles, SpaceX Lessons, and the Future of PCB Design with AI
What happens when a SpaceX engineer takes on one of the toughest problems in electronics?
In this episode, Quilter CEO Sergiy Nesterenko shares how first-principles thinking and lessons from his time at SpaceX led him to tackle the decades-old bottleneck in PCB design: manual layout.
From his triple major at Berkeley to building avionics for Falcon 9, Sergiy brings unique insights into why auto-routers failed, how reinforcement learning changes the game, and what the future of PCB design with AI might look like.
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Strengthening U.S. Electronics: Supply Chains, Workforce & Innovation with David Schild
In this episode of The EEcosystem Podcast, Judy Warner speaks with David Schild, Executive Director of the PCBAA, about the state of U.S. electronics manufacturing and what it means for engineers.
Topics include:
How supply chain resilience impacts product design
New initiatives to support U.S.-based manufacturing
Addressing workforce shortages in engineering
Why engineers should engage with industry groups
If you’re an engineer in the U.S., this conversation is packed with insights on where the industry is heading , and how you can be part of shaping it.
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For educational and industry awareness purposes only. Not political or campaign-related.
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Siemens and Microchip Partner to Unleash New Design Workflow
In this exclusive interview recorded at Microchip MASTERs 2025 in Scottsdale, AZ, Judy Warner sits down with Roger Richey (Chief Architect, Microchip) and Matt Bromley (VP, Siemens EDA) to discuss the powerful new partnership between Microchip and Siemens.
Together, they explore how Siemens’s new PartQuest Design Enablement platform is transforming the engineer’s journey, from component discovery to design integration, leveraging AI and powerful data intelligence.
Learn More about Part Quest Design Enablement
Welcome to The EEcosystem Podcast, a podcast for Electrical Engineers who design and develop advanced technology applications. Each week we feature conversations with experts and subject matter experts that will help you navigate your design across all disciplines and stakeholders through a systems-based perspective. Subjects discussed are packaging, components, supply chain, materials, PCB design, fab, assembly, SI/PI/EMI, RF/MW/mmWave, embedded systems, test and measurement, and more. For more information, please visit our website for more technical resources and to join our online engineering community: https://theeecosytem.com.
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