PBC Prototyping Team Manager

Nottingham Spirk • Cleveland, OH

4d • $65,000 - $112,500 • Onsite

About The Position

Nottingham Spirk is a Cleveland, Ohio-based design services consultancy founded in 1972. They help corporate innovators grow their businesses by partnering with them from design to delivery to create remarkable product innovations, medical devices, consumer product packaging, and more. Nottingham Spirk has an immediate opening for an experienced PBC Prototyping Team Manager. This is a unique opportunity for someone who loves the hands-on technical side of PCB prototyping and enjoys people and operations management. The ideal candidate is located in the Cleveland, Ohio metro area.

Requirements

• Ten or more years of PCB assembly or electronics manufacturing experience.
• Hands-on experience with SMT and through-hole hand assembly, soldering, rework, and inspection.
• Experience coordinating with PCB fabricators and contract manufacturers.
• Direct experience with quality management processes
• Strong team and project management, organization, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects.
• Ability to read schematics, drawings, bills of materials, and PCB manufacturing documentation.
• Knowledge of IPC workmanship standards and ESD controls.
• Candidate must be a U.S. Person (US citizen, US permanent resident, or have protected status in the US under asylum or refugee status) due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations.

Nice To Haves

• IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, or IPC-7711/7721 certification preferred.
• Experience in prototype or high-mix, low-volume manufacturing preferred.
• Inventory management software experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage in house PCB prototyping team
• Manage 3rd party PCB builds from documentation release through final delivery.
• Develop schedules, assign resources, track costs, and communicate project status.
• Coordinate with engineers, customers, PCB fabricators, contract assemblers, and component suppliers.
• Prepare and review fabrication and assembly packages, including Gerber files, drawings, BOMs, and pick-and-place files.
• Obtain and evaluate supplier quotations based on cost, capability, quality, and lead time.
• Track outside fabrication and assembly work and resolve technical, material, quality, and schedule issues.
• Verify documentation, revisions, component selections, quantities, polarity, and assembly requirements.
• Perform surface-mount and through-hole assembly, fine-pitch soldering, rework, repair, and inspection.
• Operate soldering, hot-air rework, microscope, stencil printing, pick-and-place, and reflow equipment.
• Maintain build records, material traceability, ESD controls, equipment, and an organized work area.
• Inventory management
• Train and support assembly personnel and improve build and quality processes.
• Take ownership of schedules, suppliers, documentation, quality, and hands-on execution.

Benefits

• Total compensation salary range is $65,000 - $112,500. This range includes base salary, bonus potential, and benefits.
• A flexible, competitive benefit package
• Fun, team-based culture
• Opportunity to learn and grow

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed