Senior PCBA Manufacturing Engineer

Job Summary:

You will lead efforts that maintain and improve the manufacturing processes and systems in order to reduce cost, improve sustainability, and develop best practices within the production process.

The ideal employee in this role has the following attributes:

• Technology expert
  • You are the subject matter expert on PCBA assembly processes and workmanship standards.
  • You research and justify new manufacturing technology to reduce costs, improve quality, and increase capacity.
  • You can program manufacturing and inspection equipment.
  • You develop assembly instructions, workmanship standards and process documents, and ensure they are followed.
• Continuous improvement 
  • You organize, implement, and maintain production processes.
  • You continually improve existing operations, for increased quality, productivity, efficiency and cost savings.
• Lead collaborator
  • You communicate effectively with various internal leaders including, but not limited to: production planners and supervisors for ensuring the released assemblies have adequate programs, documentation and processes.
  • You work closely with design engineering on DFX (design for excellence). 
  • You successfully build relationships with external stakeholders, such as suppliers, to support organization and departmental needs. 
• Chief problem solver
  • You conduct root cause analysis and propose corrective actions for continuous improvement and for resolutions to manufacturing problems including processes, machines, or programming problems.
  • You provide manufacturing data to monitor and measure progress to target.

Some additional knowledge, skills & abilities required:

• Intermediate knowledge in Lean Manufacturing and Design of Experiments
• Work knowledge of IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001
• Technical writing and documentation skills
• Analytical skills including research, trend analysis, data analysis, and presentation of data through charts and graphs
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, job orders, specifications, drawings, schematics, process sheets, wiring diagrams, and small print
• Advanced level in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook)
• Ability to plan, resolve problems effectively and establish priorities
• Ability to multitask efficiently and adapt within a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to travel as needed (<10%)

 Required education & experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field strongly preferred or a minimum 5 years of engineering experience with a focus on PCBA assembly and relevant equipment, including programming, setup, and operation 
• Previous experience working in an ISO-9000, 13485 or AS-9000 environment