SMT Specialist - 2nd Shift

SpaceXRedmond, WA
Onsite

About The Position

Become a part of this fast moving and world class avionics production team, work with super smart and motivated engineers, and achieve truly audacious goals. As an SMT Specialist, you will manage and maintain the equipment and train new technicians to operate it to enable us to build at Starlink rate and quality.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate and 2+ years of experience working in SMT or PCBA process engineering; OR bachelor's degree in an engineering, math or science discipline
  • Must be able to work all required shift hours, overtime, and weekends as needed.
  • Must be able to lift 25 pounds unassisted
  • Standing for long periods of time, climbing up and down ladders, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, and stretching may be required to perform the functions of this position
  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice To Haves

  • Strong work ethic and drive to succeed
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up atmosphere
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Experience producing J-STD-001 Class 2, IPC-A-610 Class 2 or equivalent hardware
  • Hands on experience with optimizing SMT pick and place, reflow oven, conformal coating, or through hole soldering systems

Responsibilities

  • Execute new product introduction builds across all work centers
  • Assist with initial PCBA line setup, facility requests, and programming of equipment
  • Program, load, and operates automated equipment
  • Design custom fixtures for PCBA to ensure efficient process flow
  • Train technicians to run/troubleshoot complex machines
  • Triage non-conforming product and drives resolution and preventative actions
  • Resolve production issues while ensuring design integrity, product quality, and delivery timelines
  • Perform process development and validation on new models in extremely aggressive timelines
  • Ensure the successful transition of a product’s development
  • Identify continuous improvement opportunities for yield, performance, and cost
  • Define maintenance schedules and support activities
  • Optimize and configure processes and equipment for building surface mount electronics assemblies
  • Perform design of experiments (DOE) to optimize SMT process yield
  • Specify equipment requirements for new PCBA build processes
  • Develop design for manufacturability (DFM) guidelines for PCBA designs
  • Provide solutions to streamline space-grade circuit board assembly and test processes which may include flying probe, AOI, and functional testing, reflow soldering, selective soldering, and conformal coating
  • Resolve production issues on the spot while ensuring design integrity allowing us to stay on schedule
  • Facilitate a close relationship with the engineering team during design, build, and test to provide design feedback

Benefits

  • long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
  • potential discretionary bonuses
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short & long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • various other discounts and perks
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation
  • 10 or more paid holidays per year
  • sick leave in accordance with Washington's Sick Leave policies
  • Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.
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