SMT Specialist - 2nd Shift
SMT Specialist - 2nd Shift
SpaceX
The SMT Specialist position at SpaceX involves managing and maintaining equipment for avionics production, training technicians, and ensuring high-quality builds at Starlink rates. The role requires collaboration with engineers and focuses on continuous improvement in manufacturing processes.
Qualification
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate and 2+ years of professional experience in a hands-on manufacturing environment; OR bachelor's degree in an engineering, materials, or related field
- Experience with surface mount technology (SMT) processes and equipment
- Ability to troubleshoot complex machinery and processes
- Strong understanding of PCBA design and manufacturing principles
- Experience in process development and validation
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Proficiency in using design and manufacturing software tools
Responsibility
- Execute new product introduction builds across all work centers
- Assist with initial PCBA line setup, facility requests, and programming of equipment
- Program, load, and operate automated equipment
- Design custom fixtures for PCBA to ensure efficient process flow
- Train technicians to run/troubleshoot complex machines
- Triage non-conforming product and drive resolution and preventative actions
- Resolve production issues while ensuring design integrity, product quality, and delivery timelines
- Perform process development and validation on new models in extremely aggressive timelines
- Ensure the successful transition of a product’s development
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities for yield, performance, and cost
- Define maintenance schedules and support activities
- Optimize and configure processes and equipment for building surface mount electronics assemblies
- Perform design of experiments (DOE) to optimize SMT process yield
- Specify equipment requirements for new PCBA build processes
- Develop design for manufacturability (DFM) guidelines for PCBA designs
- Provide solutions to streamline space-grade circuit board assembly and test processes
- Facilitate a close relationship with the engineering team during design, build, and test to provide design feedback
