About the job
- Equipment Ownership & Maintenance
- Take full responsibility for the performance and reliability of SMT equipment, including printers, placement machines, SPI, AOI, reflow ovens, conveyors, and loaders/unloaders.
- Manage and maintain all SMT equipment:
- Screen Printers (Panasonic, DEK, MPM)
- SPI systems (Koh Young, CyberOptics)
- Pick-and-Place machines (Panasonic/Juki/ASM)
- Reflow Ovens
- AOI, conveyors, loaders/unloaders
- Develop and oversee preventive maintenance (PM) and calibration schedules.
- Diagnose equipment issues and conduct root-cause analysis for recurring failures.
- Ensure equipment performance aligns with OEE, CPH, and quality objectives.
- SMT Process Integration
- Assist with NPI builds, ensuring complete equipment setup (printer program, SPI settings, placement program, reflow profile).
- Validate process stability through MSA, capability studies (Cp/Cpk), and machine GR&R.
- Examine stencil design, panel design, fiducial placement, and pick-and-place constraints.
- Automation & Connectivity
- Facilitate MES/SAP integration, real-time machine data connectivity, dashboards, and Industry 4.0 initiatives.
- Ensure SMEMA/SECS-GEM compatibility for equipment interfacing.
- Utilize machine logs and SPC data to identify trends for improvement.
- Quality & Compliance
- Ensure adherence to IPC-A-610, IPC-7351, and internal quality standards.
- Lead investigations into SMT defects: misalignment, bridging, tombstoning, opens, voids.
- Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Support qualification and audits with customers and suppliers.

