PCBA Process Engineer

Purpose Statement: The process engineer is responsible for providing technical expertise throughout the manufacturing process. This role involves offering guidance on best practices and equipment, optimizing production for efficiency and quality, training various teams, and supporting ongoing production activities. They also ensure the manufacturability of new products while adhering to standards and lead new product introduction processes.
Key Job Accountabilities:

• Develops Manufacturing solutions / Provide services that are high-quality, cost-appropriate, and satisfy the customer's requirements while establishing an area of technical specialty and mentoring others on the team (in-discipline).
• Set up, monitor, and optimize parameters for SMT (Surface Mount Technology) and Wave Soldering processes to ensure stable, high-volume production.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve First Pass Yield (FPY) and reduce manufacturing waste.
• Utilizes appropriate tools and equipment to perform necessary work including creation, analysis, and verification.
• Demonstrates expertise in multiple phases/ processes of the full Plexus Manufacturing process/ product Requirements & Specifications as it applies to their role.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts for common PCBA issues such as bridging, tombstoning, voiding, and insufficient wetting.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently within at least one phase/ process for the Manufacturing Process/ Product, without direction from mentors or functional management, as it applies to their role.
• Produces comprehensive project documentation in accordance with the quality and change management procedures and guidelines, as it applies to their role.

Education/Experience Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science is required; a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or higher is preferred.
• Minimum Three (3) years of related experience is required.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key job accountabilities may be considered.

Other Qualifications:

• Intermediate Computer Skills
• Intermediate Decision Making, Problem Solving Skills
• Intermediate Verbal and Written Communications Skills
• Strong Analytical and statistical analysis Skills; Statistical Process Control, PFMEA and Root Cause Analysis
• Proactive and Basic Cross-Discipline Development Knowledge
• Ability to develop good working relationships with team members and customers
• Equipment experience preferred (ESE,DEK,ASM,Vitronic, Electrovert, etc)
• Knowledge of IPC-A-610