Job Posting Job Description
Are you naturally curious? So are we at MKS. Our collective curiosity drives us to be an innovation leader in many industries. Our products drive technology advancements across a wide range of applications such as 5G, augmented/virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, clean drinking water and space exploration. We are a team of collaborators who value fresh thinking and believe in mutual respect, constructive candor, diversity and inclusion. As a valued and trusted partner to our customers, we are continually pushing the boundaries of possibility. We believe in creating technology that transforms our world and are looking for like-minded individuals to join our team. If this is appealing to you, we want to meet you.
We are looking for an exceptional Senior Quality Engineer (EE) who can…
- Support NPI transfer and Production readiness activities that includes new or existing products from Design Engineering to Manufacturing.
- Create and submit Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s), Manufacturing Change Orders (MCO’s) for PCBA’s and electro-mechanical assemblies.
- Interpret requirements for EE PCBA testing and utilize industry best known methods.
- Work closely with US test development teams to develop reliable test collateral (fixtures and methods) then transfer to Asia based supplier to ensure effective test coverage & yield performance metrics are achieved.
- Develop, review, and approve engineering/test/supplier documentation to assure that appropriate quality and operational requirements are addressed.
- Develop and drive proposed solutions to address PCBA / EE related failures that may impact production.
- Collaborate directly with EMS suppliers as well as Design Engineering to resolve design issues that result in risk to the Quality & Reliability.
- Develop and engage suppliers in the areas of preventative action, corrective action, and continuous improvement to eliminate recurrence.
- Partner with design engineering to facilitate supplier value engineering in product development with strong influence in DFT & Quality improvements.
- Demonstrate expertise in Lean Manufacturing principles and establish manufacturing test methods, processes, and tools to streamline new and existing products.
- Support production issues and effective process control systems for on-going manufacturing of products.
- Lead & drive First article inspections for the PCBA’s, Cables & electro-mechanical assemblies.
- Analyze Field returns/failure rate to improve product performance and determine root cause with a focus on overall Yield improvements.
What will you bring to the team, along with your curiosity and creativity is:
- Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related disciplines and a minimum 7+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Experience with PCBA manufacturing including box build assemblies, SMT process and Testing methods.
- Proficient in interpreting schematics and hands-on troubleshooting electronic circuits.
- Demonstrated use of Quality tools/methodologies such as: SPC, GR&R, Poke-yoke, FMEA, PFMEA, CAPA, 8D as well as production processes for electronics (IPC600, IPC610, IPC620).
- Ability to drive production escalations and interact with internal team and external suppliers to influence decisions, provide direction, and develop solutions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Visual Studio programming in Visual Basic or C# preferred.
- Experience in Python and deploy data collection (mySQL or MSSQL databases) will be an added advantage.
- Good team player who is self-motivated, independent and has ability to exercise judgement in complex situations.
