Process Engineer - SMT

Aerotek's client, an EMS company, designs and manufacturers electronic assemblies for a variety of customers within many different markets, including transportation, medical, power, communication and others. Aerotek's client prides themselves on their "fun" culture as employees enjoy longer paid lunch breaks and other activities offered to employees during and after work.

Due to increased business demand, the customer is seeking to add a Process Engineer to their staff. This is an excellent opportunity to get your foot in the door with an industry leader.

Aerotek's client is committed to hiring the contract employee on permanently after 6-9 months, provided the candidate can perform the functions listed below successfully.

The production floor consists of automated and manual soldering operations - as they are producing Printed Circuit Boards (PCB's) and electronic assemblies. They have human capital soldering in some work cells and automated wave soldering equipment doing it in others. This person will be responsible for ensuring that designs are executed correctly on the production floor and must have an understanding of these processes.

Typical Daily Responsibilities:
- Responsible for SMT pick & place, solder paste printing, reflow soldering, wave soldering, selective soldering, automatic optical inspection, conformal coating, automatic insertion, manual assembly processes, hand soldering, wash processes, conformal coating, and mechanical assembly including torque driver setup and calibration
- Support lean manufacturing, environmental regulation compliance (ROHS, REACH, OSHA, EPA, FDA), quality standards (IPC-610), database design and reports, component lot traceability.
- Support Performance to Standard SMT changeover, and capacity goals.
- Process (materials & methods) evaluation, recommendation, and implementation.
- Capital equipment evaluation, recommendation, installation, operational certification.
- Support NPI with design for manufacturability, jigs & fixture design, trouble shooting.
- Monitor defect and yield data for process improvement opportunities.
- Cost reduction including materials, labor, WIP, and rework reduction.

Qualifications:

1.) Ideal candidate will have a BSEE or Bachelor's Degree in technical field coupled with at least 5 years of experience improving processes in an SMT environment

* Bachelor's Degree is not required. If you have 5+ years of process engineering experience, please apply.

This position is looking to start within the first couple of weeks of March due to an urgent manufacturing project. If you are interested and qualified, please apply immediately.

About Aerotek:

Aerotek, headquartered in Hanover, Md., is a leading provider of technical, professional and industrial staffing services. Established in 1983, Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, the largest provider of staffing services in the U.S. Aerotek operates a network of more than 200 non-franchised offices throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. For more information, visit .

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