Manufacturing Technical Engineering Manager – Electronics Manufacturing Services, PCBA
Job in
Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, 06483, USA
Listed on 2026-09-14
Listing for:
Jobtailor
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-14
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer, Electronics Technician
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Provide strategic leadership, workflow management, and technical oversight across Technical Engineering, production documentation, customer manufacturing data conversion, and SMT programming
- Manage, mentor, and establish operational priorities for Technical Engineering, Document Control, and SMT Programming personnel
- Establish workflows, accountability mechanisms, quality metrics, and cross‑training programs
- Interface with Manufacturing Operations, Process Engineering, Quality Assurance, Program Management, Supply Chain, and Planning
- Coordinate technical onboarding, skills assessments, and staff training
- Direct intake, conversion, validation, and release of customer BOMs, Gerber files, CAD layouts, centroid files, fabrication drawings, and test procedures
- Review technical data and escalate missing, ambiguous, or conflicting design information
- Facilitate technical readiness from data receipt through production traveler release
- Review, release, and maintain work instructions, SOPs, and quality documentation
- Enter customer BOMs and technical parameters into MRP/ERP systems such as Infor
- Build and maintain process routings, operation steps, model points, and digital workflows in Aegis MES
- Execute ECOs and synchronize drawings, BOM revisions, machine programs, and work instructions
- Disseminate Quality Bulletins and enforce configuration and revision control
- Lead SMT programming for FUJI NXT III high‑speed placement lines
- Generate, verify, optimize, and maintain SMT placement programs
- Supervise the SMT component package library and validate geometries, land patterns, dimensions, polarities, rotations, and feeder/nozzle assignments
- Optimize placement sequences, line balancing, feeder layouts, and machine cycle times to improve OEE
- Provide shop‑floor engineering support during FAI, NPI, and prototype runs
- Investigate placement defects, component rotation errors, package mismatches, and machine faults
- Identify automation opportunities for technical engineering and programming workflows
- Develop and maintain VBA tools and automated Excel templates
- Monitor and report KPIs including program lead time, programming accuracy, first‑pass placement yield, and engineering cycle times
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline preferred; equivalent direct electronics manufacturing and SMT programming experience will be considered
- Minimum 5+ years of progressive engineering experience within electronics contract manufacturing (EMS), technical documentation, SMT programming, or manufacturing engineering
- Demonstrated supervisory or technical team leadership experience
- Deep experience in high‑mix, low‑to‑medium volume PCBA production environments
- Advanced understanding of PCBA assembly processes, surface‑mount technology, through‑hole soldering, and technical documentation life cycles
- Hands‑on proficiency with SMT machine programming software; direct experience on FUJI SMT equipment (FUJI NXT III platforms) strongly preferred
- Advanced knowledge of electronic components, including 0201/01005 passives, BGAs, QFNs, CSPs, connectors, polarity standards, orientation rules, and reference designators
- Ability to read, interpret, and validate CAD, Gerber, schematic, centroid, and drawing datasets
- Successful completion or certification in Component Identification and IPC‑A‑610 solder inspection standards
- Proficiency in Manufacturing Execution Systems, preferably Aegis MES, and MRP/ERP systems, preferably Infor
- Experience with Gerber viewing/editing tools, CAD/CAM data conversion software, and PLM systems
- Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities, including data modeling and VBA macro development
- Strong analytical troubleshooting, root‑cause problem solving using…
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