AT- Manufacturing Engineering Technician

Pro-Active Engineering, LLC•Burnsville, MN

3d•$28 - $36

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineering Technician generates and maintains accurate programs for production equipment, including SMT equipment, Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), selective soldering, lasers, and reflow ovens. The role creates process detail sheets, setup sheets, and work instructions that guide assemblers and machine operators through setting up and building each order. It also supports and trains team members on processes, equipment, and corrective and preventative maintenance of equipment and facilities. The technician helps maintain production readiness by creating machine programs and CAM packages, providing design-for-manufacturability feedback, preparing kit lists, determining part-placement methods, and troubleshooting programs. The role also designs and orders stencils and tooling, creates paste layers from Gerber files when needed, and supports equipment setup, documentation, and qualification. The position maintains QMS compliance through documentation and record keeping and assists the Quality Manager with QMS documentation.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Two or more years of experience in an SMT environment.
Working knowledge of and experience programming electronic assembly equipment.
Excellent written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to work independently, organize, multitask, and interpret priorities.
Attention to detail and thoroughness.
Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedural manuals, and documentation.
Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations to other employees.
Proficiency in Word and Excel.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.
Familiarity with electrical components and the operation of pick-and-place machines, AOI, wave soldering, selective wave soldering, and reflow ovens.
Experience with Mydata and Juki SMT equipment and DXP, HLC, and Circuit Cam software.
Working knowledge of the Analog ERP system.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain machine programs using Gerbers or CAD in CAM software or directly on production equipment.
Generate kit lists to support offline setup.
Provide design-for-manufacturability feedback on programs for customers.
Create packages in the CAM Library.
Determine optimal methods of placing parts.
Troubleshoot machine programs when problems occur.
Create process details, setup sheets, and work instructions describing setups, machines, settings, materials, and specific operations.
Document SMT program names, solder and flux types, reflow oven profiles, and inspection procedures.
Create setup documentation including stencil and program fiducial locations, board orientation, and special instructions such as glue dot locations.
Design stencils in accordance with industry best practices and assigned engineering design rules; identify and quote tooling as required.
Order stencils and production tooling in a timely manner to support production.
Create paste layers from Gerber files when they are not available.
Perform, assist with, and train personnel on corrective and preventative equipment maintenance, including SMT machines and feeders.
Review manufacturers' service manuals and maintenance-problem records to determine appropriate preventative-maintenance frequency.
Order and inventory maintenance parts and install them in a timely manner to maintain the production schedule.
Assist Engineering with equipment setup, documentation, and qualification.
Train coworkers on equipment and processes.
Maintain QMS compliance through proper documentation and record keeping.
Assist the Quality Manager in correcting and updating QMS documentation.
Perform other tasks as assigned by the Process Engineering Manager.