PCB Chat 149: Maggie Frachioni on the Evolution of a PCB Designer

Margaret (Maggie) Frachioni is a semiconductor hardware engineer at General Motors, where, armed with a bachelor’s in computer engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, she started out college as a software engineer in its automotive test lab. While at GM, she started work toward her master’s at Wayne State University in Detroit. Last year, she was part of the first PCEA Certified Printed Circuit Designer course taught as part of a university curriculum. She speaks with Mike Buetow on her evolving role at GM, her college preparation for electronics engineering, and how the CPCD class altered her career arc from semiconductor methodology to designing and building boards.

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PCB Chat 149: Maggie Frachioni on the Evolution of a PCB Designer is an episode from PCB Chat by UP Media Group.

This episode is 15:10 long.

This episode was published on Jan 12, 2026.

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