Role Summary SMT Equipment Maintenance Engineer is responsible for hands-on maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of advanced manufacturing equipment, with a primary focus on SMT lines. This role ensures maximum uptime and performance for SMT equipment, automated test systems, robotic assembly cells, and liquid cooling infrastructure supporting L6 through L11 product builds.

Key Requirements & Experience Experience Level:

Minimum 4+ years of direct, hands-on experience in troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining SMT manufacturing equipment in a production environment.

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or Manufacturing Engineering (or an Associate Degree / Technical Diploma in Electro-Mechanical Technology with equivalent years of dedicated SMT repair experience).

Key Roles and Responsibilities SMT Repair & Troubleshooting:

Act as the primary hands-on technical lead for diagnosing, repairing, and resolving mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and vision system failures on active SMT equipment.

Maintenance & Reliability:

Execute hands-on preventive maintenance (PM), component replacements, and machine calibrations to optimize Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) on SMT lines and fluidic systems.

Equipment Installation & Qualification:

Lead the physical deployment, alignment, mechanical setup, and validation of SMT equipment, automated test systems, and Cooling Distribution Units (CDUs).

Thermal System Management:

Perform physical setup, maintenance, and pressure/leak testing of liquid cooling infrastructure, cold plates, and manifold networks for L11 rack-level integration.

NPI & Production Support:

Work directly on the shop floor alongside Process Engineering and NPI teams to ensure machine readiness during line bring-up and product transitions.

Spare Parts Management:

Maintain physical spare parts inventory (pick-and-place nozzles, feeders, valves, pumps, sensors) and liaise with equipment vendors for hardware escalation.

Continuous Improvement:

Perform mechanical retrofits, machine upgrades, and physical process tweaks to enhance throughput, yield, and machine repeatability.

Core Skill Sets Direct SMT Expertise:

4+ years of proven, hands-on experience performing board-level, mechanical, and component repairs on SMT machinery (e.g., screen printers, pick-and-place, reflow ovens, AOI/SPI).

Electromechanical Repair:

Proficiency in reading electrical schematics, mechanical blueprints, and pneumatic diagrams to physically isolate and repair component-level failures.

Automation & Controls:

Direct experience working with PLCs, motor drives, encoders, pneumatic actuators, and machine vision sensors.

Data-Driven Problem Solving:

Ability to utilize fault codes, machine diagnostic software, and sensor logs to solve chronic equipment breakdowns.

Safety & Compliance:

Strict adherence to Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), ESD control standard operating procedures, machine guarding, and chemical/coolant safety guidelines.

Pay:

$85,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Referral program Retirement plan Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person