NPI Engineer - ATC

TTM•Chippewa Falls, WI

About The Position

The NPI Engineer is responsible for successfully launching new products at TTM’s Chippewa Falls ATC site. The role oversees all aspects of new-product builds and serves as a process resource before product release and while products are being processed on the manufacturing floor. The engineer works with Operations, Sales, Field Application Engineers, Process Engineering, Quality Engineering, customers, and material vendors to identify manufacturability barriers and coordinate actions that support production timing, quality, and cost targets. The role evaluates customer designs and stack-ups, supports experimentation with new materials, addresses technical and process issues, and drives technical and production readiness reviews before volume production. It also contributes to the CF-ATC technology roadmap, identifies project risks and performance gaps, develops project action plans, and proposes product or design changes that can improve profitability, cost, quality, or lead time. The engineer maintains knowledge of relevant industry technologies and must comply with TTM export-control policies and applicable laws.

Requirements

Solid knowledge of the IC Substrate/PCB manufacturing process, including process flows, production and processing steps, and required tooling.
Strong negotiation skills and ability to drive indirect reports toward project goals.
Strong project-management skills, including the ability to break complex projects into clear action plans.
Ability to communicate technical concepts and issues to people outside the PCB industry and verify their understanding.
Awareness of material attributes and processing concerns, with the ability to communicate about them with customers.
Strong written and oral communication skills for working with customer design teams.
Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision.
Must comply with export-control requirements, including requirements governing access to ITAR products and technical data, foreign visitors, shipments leaving the United States, and vendor approvals.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
10 or more years of experience in engineering and production activities related to the IC Substrate/PCB industry.
Intermediate drawing or blueprint interpretation skills.
Experience in more than one functional production area.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
Thorough understanding of TTM-ATC manufacturing capabilities and technologies.

Responsibilities

Oversee new-product builds and provide process support before product release and during manufacturing.
Work with Operations, Sales, Field Application Engineers, Process Engineering, Quality Engineering, customers, and vendors to identify manufacturability barriers and coordinate solutions.
Participate actively in all Design for Manufacturability (DFM) meetings and identify processing concerns and potential product risks.
Work with material vendors and drive experiments to develop processes using new materials.
Recognize potential cost concerns and communicate them to the Quote Team.
Support Processing Engineering on technical issues and process holds, and support Process Engineering and Quality Engineering on nonconformance reports and yield solutions.
Support customer calls as needed and maintain positive working relationships with Field Application Engineers and customers’ technical contacts.
Drive technical and production readiness reviews before releasing products to volume production.
Monitor and manage new products through ideation, design, development, and production ramp-up.
Create project action plans and track timelines and assignments to meet customer expectations.
Provide customer-focused input to the CF-ATC Technology Roadmap and process capabilities for site leadership.
Prepare technical presentations for higher levels of the organization when needed.
Identify gaps between project performance and desired results and proactively coordinate problem resolution.
Evaluate high-risk customer designs and stack-ups with the site FEE team, coordinate reliability testing, and provide customers with feedback and proposed risk-mitigation solutions.
Drive profitability through product differentiation proposals based on IC Substrate/PCB knowledge, site capabilities, and customer needs.
Analyze customer designs for manufacturability and propose changes to improve cost, quality, or lead time.
Maintain knowledge of state-of-the-art industry technologies relevant to TTM-ATC production strengths.
Comply with TTM Export Control Policies and Procedures and applicable export-control laws, including ITAR, EAR, and OFAC requirements.