New Grad Engineer - Production Engineer

What You Will Do

The HDD Electronics Production Engineer is the overall architect of the manufacturing workflow for HDD Electronics.

Responsible for designing, implementing, and controlling the systems used to assemble, test, and integrate electronics into HDD products.

They are also responsible for monitoring operations and troubleshooting issues that arise during production as well as supporting continuously improving PCBA yield and reducing costs. 

• Providing end-to-end oversite of the entire electronics production processes, areas and stations: ECAT, Servo Write, Functional Test, SRST, Feature Test, OQA and ORT.
• Define the processes necessary to meet quality objectives, increase yield and reduce cost. This includes the definition of tests, the categorization of failures, and the reduction of retest, rework, and scrap.
• Work with development teams to improve manufacturability and reduce production costs.
• Maintaining documents, processes and standard operating procedures.
• Monitoring production with metrics and data analytics to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
• Key metrics include Overall Yield, First-Time Yield (FTY), and Rolling Throughput Yield (RTY).
• Monitoring EC (Error Codes) related to PCBA, RTR (Return to Rework) & RTV (Return to Vendor) yield.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams (Development, SQE, QA, Procurement, and other manufacturing disciplines) in troubleshooting problems and implementing relevant corrective actions.
• Stay abreast of industry advancements and related technologies (e.g. AI and big data) to drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Skills and Abilities

REQUIRED:

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical / Electronics / Mechatronic / Electromechanical / Computer Science) or related fields.

PREFERRED:

• Exposed related to PCBA SMT assembly process or basic PCBA FA knowledge.
• Exposed to manufacturing or production environment.

SKILLS:

• Good analytical & programming skills in Spotfire, Phyton, and Tableau.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office. 
• Demonstrate a good level of English proficiency (both written & verbal). 
• Able to adapt with dynamic change & requirements. 

About Us:

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