Process Engineer

Maintain accurate bills of materials (BOMs) and item master records, and improve manufacturing processes for SMT, FATP, and related electronics assembly production line.

Responsibilities

• Engineer ensures that production uses the correct materials, revisions and work instructions.
• The role resolves manufacturing data issues and delivers validated improvements in quality, cycle time, material usage and production efficiency.
• Support solder paste printing, component placement, dispensing, reflow, solder paste inspection (SPI), automated optical inspection (AOI) and associated material flow.
• Work with production equipment including GKG printers, FUJI NXT and Universal placement machines, Holly inspection systems, Anda, Speedline and Asymtek dispensers, and reflow ovens.
• Support automated assembly, production and testing line to ensure continuous production uptime.
• Work with AME/TE/FAE/IE/MFG x-functional team to help troubleshoot production issue, and perform continuous improvement activities as needed.
• BOM maintenance Create and maintain manufacturing BOMs in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system using approved engineering documents.
• Verify parent and component item numbers, quantities, units of measure, revisions, reference designators where applicable, and assembly relationships.
• Implement approved engineering change orders (ECOs) with the correct revision and effective date or lot.
• Coordinate material disposition, work in process and production cutover with Engineering, Planning, Quality and Supply Chain.
• Maintain approved component alternatives and substitutions through the required change process.
• Reconcile manufacturing BOMs with released engineering BOMs, drawings and assembly instructions.
• Investigate BOM discrepancies, missing components, incorrect quantities and material usage variances.
• Audit BOMs before new product release and periodically during production; document corrections and prevent repeat errors.
• Item master maintenance Create and maintain assigned item master records.
• Verify item numbers, descriptions, revisions, units of measure, item types, lifecycle status and required manufacturing attributes against approved source information.
• Coordinate purchasing, planning, inventory and finance fields with the responsible functions, including make or buy status, lead times, order quantities, storage requirements and costing inputs.
• Apply item creation and revision rules, check for duplicate records, maintain approved manufacturer part references, and preserve traceability of changes and approvals.
• Resolve item data errors affecting purchasing, material planning, kitting, inventory transactions or production orders.
• Coordinate introduction, obsolescence and replacement of items without interrupting approved production configurations.
• Process improvement and production support Analyze defects, first pass yield, scrap, rework, cycle time and throughput.
• Use production data and structured root cause analysis to prioritize improvements and verify results.
• Perform time studies, identify bottlenecks and improve line balance, changeovers, material flow and operator methods.
• Confirm improvements against an agreed baseline without compromising product quality or safety.
• Develop and maintain process flows, routings, standard times, work instructions and approved process settings.
• Keep documents and ERP manufacturing data aligned after changes.
• Plan controlled trials for printing, placement, dispensing, inspection and reflow changes.
• Define acceptance criteria with Quality, validate results, obtain required approvals and train operators before production implementation.
• Support new product introduction and production transfers.
• Review build readiness, resolve pilot build issues, and update process risk assessments and control plans with the responsible teams.
• Coordinate equipment-related corrective actions with Maintenance and Automation.
• First pass yield, scrap and rework, cycle time and throughput improvements, and sustained results against agreed baselines.
• Authority and working relationships Maintain assigned manufacturing data and lead process improvement work within approved procedures.
• Engineering design changes, component substitutions, financial fields and major process changes require the responsible functional approvals.
• Work with Production, Quality, Design Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Finance, Maintenance and Automation.
• Provide technical guidance and operator training as assigned.
• Support production launches, changeovers and urgent manufacturing issues, with overtime as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant education and manufacturing experience may be considered.
• 0 -2 years of process engineering or manufacturing engineering experience in electronics assembly, including hands-on BOM and item master maintenance in an ERP system.
• Ability to interpret BOMs, engineering drawings and revisions; understand material planning and production routings; and apply disciplined change control and data accuracy checks.
• Working knowledge of SMT processes, Lean methods, root cause analysis and statistical process control.
• Proficiency in Excel and manufacturing data analysis, with clear technical writing and cross-functional communication skills.
• Measures of success Responsibility Example performance measures BOM maintenance BOM accuracy, on-time approved change implementation, and reduction in BOM-related build interruptions.
• Item master maintenance Record completeness, creation and update turnaround, and reduction in duplicate records and transaction errors.

Working conditions

• Work in an SMT manufacturing environment with office and production floor responsibilities. Follow site safety and electrostatic discharge (ESD) controls.
• Other related duties may be assigned. No visa sponsorship is available for this role.