Engineer (Position 1) - F A

Sanmina Corporation; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation in Chennai seeks a Senior/Engineer – Test Engineering to lead failure analysis on test-failed products and drive repairs to ensure products pass tests. You will generate failure analysis reports for suppliers and internal teams to reduce scrap and increase FPY.

The role requires Diploma or BE in Electrical/Electronics/Instrumentation with extensive experience, plus expertise in reliability methods and IPC/Six Sigma practices.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering / Electronics & Communication / Electronics & Instrumentation with >10 years experience (or) B.E. in Electrical & Electronics / Electronics & Communication / Instrumentation with 7+ years experience.
• Strong fault analysis and repair capabilities for ICT/FCT environments.
• Knowledge of 8D, CAPA, Six Sigma methodologies and IPC inspection is required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct failure analysis on test-failed products and perform repairs.
• Provide failure analysis reports to supplier, production, and FA teams to reduce scrap and improve FPY.
• Lead continuous improvement activities, 5S, and SOP adherence in the FA/ICT/FCT areas.

Skills

Analytical skills

Fault finding

Problem solving

8D

CAPA

Schematic knowledge

Continuous learning

Test engineering

Education

Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering

B.E./B.Tech in Electrical/Electronics/Instrumentation

Tools

GC Prevue

Schematic diagrams

Job description

Description

Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a global powerhouse in integrated manufacturing solutions serving the fastest growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. We are a global engine providing the end-to-end manufacturing backbone for the world's most essential and innovative brands. Whether it's autonomous vehicles, life-saving medical tech, next-gen aerospace, or AI/cloud infrastructure - our integrated solutions don’t just meet standards—they redefine them. Business Title : Senior / Engineer – Test Engineering - FA Roles: The Roles of the Senior Engineer - Test Engineering– FA department are to conduct failure analysis on the test failed products and conduct repair to ensure the product passed the test. Provide failure analysis report to the supplier, production, process, equipment, Test engineering team to reduce the scrap / Failure and increase the FPY. Academic Qualification / Job Qualification: Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering / Electronics & Communication Engineering / Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering with more than 10 years experience (or) B. E in Electrical & Electronics Engineering / Electronics & Communication Engineering / Electronics & Instrumentation with 7 years and above experience Skills / competence required to perform the Job: Hard Working and Flexible Knowledge in GC Prevue, Schematic Having good analytical, Fault finding, Problems solving skills Knowledge of 8D, 4M, CAPA, Six Sigma IPC inspection, rework and repair knowledge / certification Skills to switch between the complex models to simple models and vice versa. Continuous learning skills for new board design and new product designs Continues improvement mind set, Learn and adapt new technologies for cost savings Training, Evaluation, Supervisory & Interpersonal skills NRE Costing and SOW preparation of FA setups Customer communication and presentation skills Team Skill matrix knowledge and Appraisal knowledge Responsibilities: Ensure SOP’s are created for team responsibilities related 5S, Spares, False failure reduction, FPY improvement, Escalation, Supplier support, Production plan execution & PM Ensure the overall Debug clearance plan are executed on timely manner. Lead, Train and guide the team of technicians, Sr Technicians, EA’s and AEs & Engineers. Lead the project related to Product yield improvement, Scrap reduction. Timely review of the debug clearance plan and top 10 failure reduction plan and drive for KPI Ensure the SOP’s are followed during debug and repair. Ensure SOP’s and checklists are available and team is trained on these requirements Daily review meetings to be conducted, debug WIP, Scrap and summary of the KPI score card should be used to drive for improvement. Ensure team participation in CFT meeting and act on the escalated issues. Ensure periodic audits are carried out and give improvement feedback to the sustenance team if false failures are increasing Guide the CFT team and Sustenance team on Failure analysis and CAPA on false failures to improve the first pass yield in the ICT and FCT. Active participation in EHS related activities like Identification of aspects and Impacts, HIRA, Emergency preparedness , continuous improvements etc and enable to report about hazardous situations to respective supervisor / department managers as required. Authority: Authorized to take create FA SOPs documents. Authorized to initiate the CFT discussion related to Line stop due to product quality issues found during ICT / FCT failures related to component, workmanship or process related issues and provide the solution to restart the line. Authorized to Report the component, FW related failures of the product to customer for resolving and improve FPY Authorized to do appraisal and skill matrix evaluation for team members