PCB Design Layout Using Altium Designer is a practical, industry-focused course designed to build strong, real-world PCB layout skills. PCBs are at the heart of every electronic product, and layout quality directly affects performance, reliability, and manufacturability. This course teaches PCB layout as an engineering process rather than just a software task, using Altium Designer, one of the most widely used professional PCB design tools. It is suitable for students, electronics engineers, hardware designers, and professionals who want to create reliable, production-ready PCB designs. The course begins with PCB design fundamentals, and then moves into core layout skills such as intelligent component placement, routing strategies, grounding and power distribution, and design rules. Advanced topics include design for manufacturing and assembly. Learners also gain hands-on experience generating fabrication and assembly files and performing final design checks.

PCB Design with Altium Designer: Hands-on

Recommended experience
What you'll learn
Create projects and manage integrated component libraries, project hierarchy, and ECO ensuring adherence to corporate standards.
Execute advance layout and custom stack-up techniques enabling design whose outcome is a physically buildable, reliable product.
Validate and design for manufacturability by configuring Design Ruel Checks (DRCs), ensuring the design adheres to the PCB fabricator's capabilities
Details to know

Add to your LinkedIn profile
February 2026
1 assignment
See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

There are 3 modules in this course
This module introduces the PCB design process in Altium Designer, covering the software interface, component libraries and footprint management, and essential data management practices to help learners set up and organize PCB projects efficiently.
What's included
4 videos2 readings1 peer review
This section focuses on core PCB layout practices, covering board planning and stackup strategy, effective component placement and routing techniques, and proper power and ground plane management for reliable and manufacturable designs.
What's included
3 videos4 readings1 peer review
This section teaches best practices for manufacturing-ready PCB design, including design for manufacturing (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), performing design rule checks, and generating production-ready output files.
What's included
4 videos2 readings1 assignment2 peer reviews
Offered by
Explore more from Design and Product
Status: Preview
Status: Preview
Status: Preview
Why people choose Coursera for their career

Felipe M.

Jennifer J.

Larry W.

Chaitanya A.

Open new doors with Coursera Plus
Unlimited access to 10,000+ world-class courses, hands-on projects, and job-ready certificate programs - all included in your subscription
Advance your career with an online degree
Earn a degree from world-class universities - 100% online
Join over 3,400 global companies that choose Coursera for Business
Upskill your employees to excel in the digital economy
Frequently asked questions
To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.
When you purchase a Certificate you get access to all course materials, including graded assignments. Upon completing the course, your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
More questions
Financial aid available,




