Surface Mount Technology (SMT) Engineer

1. Member of a cross-functional team comprised of design engineering, manufacturing, quality, sales and marketing to support existing product improvement, customer quality issues and sales and marketing strategies
2. Understand every aspect of a full SMT line in order to help customers troubleshoot processing issues they encounter with Samtec interconnects. This would occasionally include travel to the customers location to provide hands-on guidance but most of this work is done remotely.
3. Assist new product design and develop processing recommendations including:

• Printed wiring board footprint layout
• Solder stencil layout
• Solder joint classification
• Pick and place requirements
• Shipping packaging requirements
• Rework procedure

4. Review and approve engineering drawings (printed wiring boards, solder stencils, connectors, etc.)
5. Assist in internal equipment maintenance and procurement.

1. Minimum 5 years of manufacturing with a focus in SMT process engineering formal training and/or work experience
2. Must be a self-starter with strong organizational and time management skills
3. Demonstrated problem solving ability and attention to detail
4. Strong technical writing ability
5. Candidates must have a solid understanding of statistics, process control and reliability standards (IPC, JEDEC, MIL)
6. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
7. Excellent follow-up skills
8. Proficiency with MS Office applications
9. Experience in SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Gerber or other engineering design, modeling or simulation software is desirable.

Education:

1. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent is required.

$100,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Founded in 1976, Samtec is a privately held, $950 million global manufacturer of abroad line of electronic interconnect solutions, including High-Speed Board-to-Board,High-Speed Cables, Mid-Board and Panel Optics, Precision RF, Flexible Stacking, andMicro/Rugged components and cables. Samtec Technology Centers are dedicated todeveloping and advancing technologies, strategies and products to optimize both theperformance and cost of a system from the bare die to an interface 100 meters away,and all interconnect points in between. With 40+ international locations and productssold in more than 125 different countries, Samtecs global presence enables itsunmatched customer service.