Wave Soldering Engineer

D. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB

1. Manage, monitor, and optimize wave soldering processes to achieve quality, yield, productivity, and process stability targets.
2. Develop, review, and maintain Work Instructions (WI), process specifications, equipment maintenance records, process parameters, and technical training materials.
3. Establish and optimize wave soldering process parameters, including solder temperature, preheat temperature, conveyor speed, flux application, wave height, and other critical process parameters (CPPs).
4. Perform equipment inspection, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and process recovery for wave soldering machines to minimize downtime and ensure equipment reliability.
5. Conduct thermal profiling, process validation, and process capability studies to ensure soldering quality, process stability, and compliance with customer and internal requirements.
6. Troubleshoot and resolve wave soldering defects such as solder bridges, insufficient solder, cold solder joints, solder balls, excessive dross, and other soldering-related defects, including root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
7. Work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement, improve yield and productivity, reduce defects and process costs, and enhance overall manufacturing efficiency.
8. Support NPI activities, process qualification, new product introduction, fixture/tooling evaluation, and process improvement projects related to wave soldering processes.
9. Provide technical guidance and coaching to subordinates and production personnel on wave soldering processes, equipment operation, troubleshooting, and process control.
10. Monitor process performance and analyze production data to identify improvement opportunities and ensure process parameters and quality standards are consistently maintained.

E. REQUIREMENT OF THE JOB

A. Qualification Required:

• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering, or other related engineering fields.

B. Experience Required:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in electronics manufacturing, with at least 2 years of hands-on experience in wave soldering process or equipment engineering.
• Experience in process optimization, equipment troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and soldering defect analysis is required.
• Experience in NPI, process qualification, and continuous improvement projects will be an advantage.

C. Skills:

1. Strong hands-on knowledge of wave soldering process setup and parameter optimization, including solder temperature, preheat temperature, conveyor speed, flux application, wave height, and thermal profile.
2. Strong troubleshooting skills in identifying and resolving soldering defects, including solder bridges, insufficient solder, cold solder joints, solder balls, excessive dross, and other soldering defects, with the ability to independently perform root cause analysis and implement effective corrective actions.
3. Knowledge and experience in thermal profiling, process validation, process capability, and soldering process control.
4. Good understanding of wave soldering equipment operation, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and equipment parameter control.
5. Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, leadership, and communication skills.
6. Ability to work independently and effectively collaborate with Production, Quality, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams.
7. Good knowledge of continuous improvement, yield improvement, defect reduction, and cost reduction methodologies.
8. Ability to lead and guide junior engineers or technicians in wave soldering process improvement and troubleshooting activities.