Altium Designer PCB Fundamentals
The Altium Designer PCB Fundamentals course equips hardware engineers and new PCB designers with essential skills to overcome inefficient design workflows and reduce prototyping errors. Focused on mastering core Altium Designer capabilities, it addresses the industry’s need for standardized, error-free PCB development—critical as 78% of electronics manufacturers report design errors as a top production delay factor.
This official Altium-authorized training prepares learners for the IPC-recognized Altium Designer Associate Certification, validating foundational design proficiency. With Koenig’s 30-day lab access, trainees gain hands-on mastery, accelerating career readiness for roles in aerospace, medical, and consumer electronics design.
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Course Overview
The Altium Designer PCB Fundamentals course by Altium is a comprehensive two-day instructor-led training program designed for electronic engineers, hardware designers, and PCB layout specialists seeking to master the core capabilities of Altium Designer. This course prepares participants for professional PCB design workflows and aligns with industry-standard practices used by over 35,000 companies worldwide that rely on Altium’s unified electronics design platform. Ideal for new Altium Designer users, schematic designers transitioning to layout, and engineering teams standardizing their design processes, the training covers essential topics from project setup and component placement to routing, design rule checking, and generating manufacturing outputs.
Participants gain hands-on experience using Altium Designer, Altium 365 Workspace, and the integrated Design Rule Manager to build functional printed circuit boards from concept to fabrication. The lab environment is conducted within the live Altium Designer software interface, where students configure multi-layer board layouts, apply design constraints, and generate Gerber and BOM outputs. A key project involves designing a complete PCB for a real-world application, such as a power regulation module, ensuring students practice component footprint assignment, differential pair routing, and final output documentation in alignment with industry fabrication standards.
While this course does not lead to a standalone certification exam, it provides foundational skills that support advanced Altium proficiency and career advancement in electronics design. Graduates gain recognized expertise valued in industries ranging from aerospace to consumer electronics, where skilled PCB designers command average salaries exceeding $95,000 annually in the U.S. Koenig Solutions enhances this learning with official Altium courseware, Guaranteed-to-Run scheduling, and personalized instructor support, ensuring mastery of the platform. Completing the Altium Designer PCB Fundamentals training positions engineers to contribute immediately to product development teams and pursue roles in high-demand areas like embedded systems and high-speed PCB design.
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Prerequisites
- To participate in Altium Designer PCB Fundamentals, users must have a workstation running Windows 10 or 11 with at least 16GB of RAM and a dedicated graphics card supporting DirectX 10 or higher. Technical prerequisites include a foundational understanding of basic circuit theory, the ability to interpret schematic symbols, and familiarity with electronic component footprints. Prior experience with schematic capture and the Altium Designer interface is required to effectively navigate the design environment and complete course exercises.
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Exam Preparation Materials
Practice Test Questions (200+)
Certificate of Completion
Post-Training Support (30 days)
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Career Outcomes
of Altium Designer PCB Fundamentals certified professionals report career advancement within 6 months
Salary Impact
Average salary increase reported after obtaining the Altium Designer PCB Fundamentals certification
*Source: Glassdoor / LinkedIn 2025
Job Roles
- PCB Layout Designer
- Entry-Level Hardware Engineer
- Electronics Design Technician
- CAD Designer
- PCB Design Engineer
- Junior Hardware Designer
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