PCBA Manufacturing Engineer
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About the Role
You will own sustaining manufacturing engineering for PCBA production across hardware platforms after product launch. You will drive root cause investigations, improve manufacturability with design engineers, support engineering changes, and work with contract manufacturers to improve yield, cycle time, and quality. You will also develop corrective actions, improve documentation and test coverage, and travel to manufacturing partners as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering or related field
- 5+ years supporting high-volume PCBA manufacturing
- Experience with SMT manufacturing, PCB fabrication, and electronic assembly
- Strong understanding of process control, yield improvement, and statistical analysis
- Experience with root cause analysis methodologies such as 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, FMEA
- Experience working with contract manufacturers and global supply chains
- Ability to interpret schematics, BOMs, assembly drawings
- Excellent cross-functional communication and project management skills
Responsibilities
- Own sustaining manufacturing engineering for PCBA production across multiple hardware platforms
- Drive root cause investigations for manufacturing defects, field failures, and production escapes
- Partner with Hardware Design Engineers to improve DFM/DFA/DFT
- Support engineering change orders and manufacturing change implementation
- Work with contract manufacturers to improve yield, cycle time, and quality
- Analyze manufacturing data to identify process issues and improvements
- Develop corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
- Support failure analysis activities
- Improve manufacturing documentation, work instructions, assembly processes, and test procedures
- Collaborate with Test Engineering to improve test coverage and diagnostics
- Support supplier qualification, process validation, and manufacturing readiness
- Travel to manufacturing partners as needed
Benefits
- Equity
- Performance-related bonus
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
- Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Paid medical and caregiver leave up to 8 weeks
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
- Paid sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
- Relocation support
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends