Principal Manufacturing Engineer

Who we are:

Globalstar pioneered personal safety by introducing its SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger in 2007. Today, leveraging its low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, Globalstar reliably connects and protects assets, transmits key operational data, and saves lives – from any location – for consumers, industrial companies and government agencies in over 120 countries. With a portfolio that includes SPOT GPS messengers, next-generation IoT products and modems, and cloud-based telematics solutions, Globalstar’s cost effective satellite-powered innovations give users visibility and intelligence for improving safety and operational efficiencies.

What we offer:

• Work/Life Balance:  Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Financial Benefits:  401(k) Plan with Company Match, Employee Stock Purchase Program, Voluntary and Company Paid Group Life Insurance, Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Medical FSA, Dependent Care, Competitive Salaries
• Health & Wellness:  Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Comprehensive and Interactive Wellness Program

Job Summary: 

The Principal Manufacturing Engineer will lead the effort to define test requirements; implement test and manufacturing procedures from NPI to MP; maintain the line in a production facility; and define and implement continuous improvement efforts, working with Globalstar’s offshore contract manufacturing partners for both consumer and industrial satellite communication products.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with product development teams to design, develop, validate, implement, and improve test manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, and software
• Work with systems and other engineers to define manufacturing test requirements for products, including both hardware and software testing
• Turn manufacturing test requirements into detailed test cases and plans
• Lead effort to implement test cases and plans; drive vendor selection for tooling and fixtures; select and oversee vendors and internal teams implementing test procedures and equipment
• Collaborate with EMS partners to set AQL sampling methods and procedures
• Lead root cause analysis of failed and defective products and WIP; specify production flows including disposition of failed components/subassemblies/products
• Determine requirements and lead integration efforts for manufacturing, labeling, database, and other back-end software
• Maintain production lines from NPI through EOL, for both CM partners and ODM/JDM
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior engineers; act as a key subject matter expert and go-to reference for the team

Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to interact clearly and concisely with all technical departments and levels of management including offshore engineers, technicians, and operators
• Knowledge of manufacturing test methodologies and procedures, including all of ICT, AOI, AXI, boundary scan, and functional test
• Strong knowledge of statistics and ability to set AQL with EMS partners
• Strong fundamentals of RF test knowledge
• Test automation frameworks and software implementation; some experience with DevOps preferred
• Able to translate EMS DFx requirements and guidelines into actionable requirements by design team, and verify compliance
• Able and enthusiastic to directly deal with EMS partner employees to drive product delivery, resolve line-down issues, improve yield and throughput
• Excellent organizational skills with attention-to-detail
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to effectively manage time and prioritize tasks
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Familiarity with NetSuite

Education, Experience, and Licenses/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (BS) from four-year college or university in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field; Master’s preferred
• 15 years industry experience; 20 years strongly preferred; prefer previous experience as a team lead or manager
• Experience working directly with or alongside Tier-1 Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) companies such as Jabil, Flex, Foxconn, Celestica, Compal, Pegatron, or similar; prefer additional experience with medium-to-high mix EMS companies
• Experience working directly with or alongside Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) and JDMs with offshore design teams and manufacturing facilities
• Manufacturing experience (as an engineer employed by an ODM, EMS, or OEM company) producing products with RF subsystems; strongly prefer experience with RF outside of BLE, WiFi, Zigbee, NFC, and GNSS
• Experience bringing new products from concept through NPI to MP
• Significant experience specifying, designing, implementing, debugging, and maintaining test fixtures and procedures that use RF
• Experience specifying, designing, implementing, debugging, and maintaining test fixtures for In-Circuit Test (ICT) using both bed-of-nails and flying probe
• Background with Lean Sigma/Six Sigma or similar
• Familiarity with test equipment from vendors such as Teradyne, Keysight, Rohde & Schwarz

Physical Requirements:

• If not located local to Globalstar’s office in Covington, Louisiana, willingness and ability to travel to Covington as needed (estimated at 25%)
• Willing and able to travel internationally to manufacturing facilities, including but not limited to Vietnam, China, and others
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job

Marginal Functions:

A review of this job description may have omitted some of the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the job duties and responsibilities.  This job description, in no way, states or implies that these are the only duties and/or responsibilities to be performed by the employee in this position.  The employee in this position will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by his/her supervisor.