Field Application Engineer - A&D

TTM Technologies•Remote - Connecticut, CT

8d•Remote

About The Position

The Field Applications Engineer is responsible for technical support to customer's PCB design and manufacturing groups. This position will support customers PCB designers early-on in the design cycle and provide feedback on routing and lay out techniques, offer cost trade-off analysis of PCB stack-ups, material selection, reliability, signal integrity and other electrical and mechanical requirements based on the customers end use application. East Coast-based candidates are preferred.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of industry specification (IPC) requirements as well as customer developed specifications requirements
Develop a thorough understanding of TTM manufacturing and design capabilities and value add offerings to support QTA/NPI/Production Manufacturing for Aerospace & Defense customers
Ability to establish contacts and build relationships with customers to drive improved communication and partnership
Ability to make routine decisions with general direction provided by department Manager
Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to work well with customers design groups
Strong printed circuit engineering background and knowledge of entire PCB manufacturing process including process flows, individual processing steps, and pre-production tooling
Self-motivated and willing to work with minimum supervision
Effective public speaking and presentation skills
Intermediate level skills using PCB CAM software, drawing / blueprint interpretation skills, and use of PCB stack-up tools
Minimum level experience of electrical design performance and signal integrity (Impedance, RF, and Insertion loss)
Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project
Must comply with TTM Export Control Policies and Procedures and all applicable laws including ITAR, EAR and OFAC including but not limited to: a) being able to identify ITAR product on the manufacturing floor and understand that access to these products and related technical data is restricted to only US Citizens and US Permanent Residents; b) recognition of Foreign Person visitors by badge differentiation; c) understand and follow authorization procedures for bringing foreign visitors into facilities (VAL); d) understand the Export and ITAR requirements for shipments leaving the US; e) manage vendor approvals for ITAR manufacturing and services.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related discipline preferred
5-7+ years of experience in engineering activities related to PCB manufacturing preferred

Responsibilities

Provide DFM (Design for Manufacturing) and DFV (Design for Value) support to customer engineering and design teams for new designs and existing design improvement with a focus on reducing customers design cycle time
Collaborate with customer designers to improve quality and completeness of their design packages and help them by identifying design problems related to manufacturability and reliability test
Support drawing reviews prior to design release and help architect drawing notes to support the specific design and manufacturing needs
Update customer design and manufacturing groups on TTM capabilities and technology roadmap through formal presentations
Provide TTM manufacturing facilities insight into future customer needs, technology requirements and identify gaps in TTMs ability to support those future needs. Facilitate customer technical needs with TTM engineering and operations
Assist TTM site pre-production teams through the stack-up/DFM/TQ approval process and in getting “on-hold” issues addressed on the customer side expeditiously
Establish technical contacts between customer and TTM to drive improved lines of technical communications and increased depth of relationships
Assist the Sales Account Managers in increasing customer revenue by providing technical support and service
Travel to and visit customer sights to support technical discussions, issues, and key programs as required.
Create and conduct technical capability presentations in conjunction with the sales team
This position will interface regularly with TTM’s Sales, Development, Pre-Production Engineering departments, and Operations, and it is essential that the employee be able to effectively balance the communication channels between these departments