Advanced Energy

High voltage power supplies and systems

Lead Soldering Engineer

Manufacturing EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeMexicali, Baja California, MexicoNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline is required.
Experience in the electronic industry is required.
Experience in electronic manufacturing and components fabrication is required.
Experience with coating and encapsulation or potting automation is required.
Experience using IPC standards, such as IPC-A-610 and IPC-J-STD-001, in a production environment is required.
Experience in soldering processes using wave soldering or selective soldering machines is required.
Strong understanding of electronics soldering manufacturing procedures using wave soldering or selective soldering machines is required.
Experience, support, or technical understanding of the operation and key parameters of wave soldering or selective soldering machines is required.
Experience designing and improving tooling and pallets used in soldering processes is required.
Experience implementing design of experiments in soldering machines is required.
Strong problem-solving ability is required.
Ability to communicate with and influence design teams, vendors, and customers is required.

Responsibilities

Support and implement Lean Manufacturing tools, including SMED, one-piece flow, manufacturing cells, self-directed teams, kanban, and 5S.
Continuously improve quality and eliminate non-value-added activities.
Actively participate in improving manufacturing metrics.
Balance manufacturing lines or cells according to takt time.
Identify and develop projects using Six Sigma tools.
Complete manufacturing process documentation.
Maintain knowledge of products and company systems.
Request, generate, validate, and/or implement engineering change requests and engineering change notices.
Support new product introductions and prototypes.
Work with other departments as required.
Select, specify, recommend, and/or design tools and equipment.
Identify design-for-manufacturability issues.
Work with related corporate personnel as necessary.
Generate applicable reports and charts.
Train colleagues, technicians, facilitators, and operators when required or necessary.
Support the generation of process failure mode and effects analyses and control plans.
Analyze failures and/or evaluate defects for continuous improvement.
Plan and coordinate preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance for manufacturing equipment.
Generate, analyze, and/or update standard times.

Desired Qualifications

Six Sigma certification is a plus.
More than two years of experience working with soldering machines, including wave or selective soldering machines.
More than five years of relevant design/development team experience and/or manufacturing support experience.
Electronic engineering education is desirable.
Six Sigma or an equivalent statistical problem-solving methodology is desirable.

Lead Soldering Engineer

POSITION SUMMARY:

A Manufacturing Engineer specialized in Soldering develops, implements and maintains methods, tools, and processes in the manufacture or fabrication of parts, components, sub assemblies and final assemblies used in the soldering process. They interface with Design, Test, and Reliability Engineering to create successful product launches and to solve problems. They sustain products with cost reduction and yield improvements in machines used for soldering procedures, wave solder or selective solder.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support to and implementation of Lean Manufacturing tools (SMED, one piece flow, manufacturing cells,

Self-directed teams, kan-ban, 5’s, etc.)

Continues quality improvements and elimination of non-value added activities.

Active participation in improvements of manufacturing metrics.

Manufacturing line and/or cells balancing according to TAKT time.

Identification and development of project utilizing Six Sigma tools.

Complete documentation of the manufacturing process.

Knowledge of products and company systems.

To request, generate, validate and/or implement ECR’s and ECN’s.

Support to new products introduction and/or prototypes.

Team work and support to other departments as required.

To select, specify, recommend and/or design of tools and equipment.

Manufacturability issues identification (DFM).

To work with relate corporate personnel as necessary.

To generate applicable reports and charts.

Training to colleagues, technicians, facilitator, operators when required or necessary.

Support to generation of PFMEA, Control Plans, etc.

Failure analysis and/ or evaluation of defects for continuous improvement.

Planning and coordination of preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance for manufacturing equipment

Generation, analysis and/or update of standard times.

Strong understanding of electronics soldering manufacturing procedures using wave solder or selective soldering machines.

Have worked, supported, or technically understand the operation and key parameters in wave solder or selective solder machines.

Experiencie designing and improving designs in toolings and pallets used in soldering process.

Experience implementing DOE in soldering machines.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Manufacturing Engineers regularly work in office, lab, and manufacturing facilities. Travel to international vendor, manufacturing, and/or development locations may be required.

SKILLS:

Must have strong problem-solving attributes. Skilled at communicating with and influencing design teams, vendors, and customers.

EXPERIENCE:

Essential:

Experience in Electronic Industry.
Six Sigma Certification is a plus
Electronic Manufacturing and Components Fabrication.
Coating and encapsulation / potting automation.
Experience using IPC standards (e.g., IPC‑A‑610, IPC‑J‑STD‑001) in a production environment.
Experience in the soldering process, using wave solder or selective soldering machines.

Desirable:

Experience for more than 2 years working with soldering machines, wave/selective solder.

Greater than 5 years of relevant design/development team and/or manufacturing support.

EDUCATION:

Essential:

Bachelors Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline

Desirable:

Electronic engineering

6-sigma or equivalent statistical, problem-solving methodology

About the Company

Advanced Energy

High voltage power supplies and systems

Advanced Energy designs and builds high voltage power supplies, power delivery systems, and power control modules for demanding industries like semiconductor manufacturing, medical equipment, industrial electronics, and solar photovoltaics. Its products regulate and convert electrical power with precision engineering and advanced power electronics to meet strict performance requirements in challenging environments. The company differentiates itself through a 35-year track record, a global footprint across 25 locations, a large workforce, and a portfolio of 450 patents that support reliable, efficient power solutions. Its goal is to deliver dependable, high-performance power systems that improve the reliability and productivity of customers' critical applications.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Denver, CO
Founded: 1981

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