Wave Soldering Engineer: Drive Quality & Yield

VTech Communications (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd; Muar; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

VTech Communications Ltd specialises in EMS for global OEMs, focusing on wave soldering processes and related manufacturing services. The role targets engineers to optimize quality, yield, and productivity while maintaining CPPs across production lines.

Responsibilities include developing WI, process specs, maintaining equipment records, and guiding junior staff; collaboration with Production, Quality, Engineering, and NPI teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Manufacturing Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 2 years in electronics manufacturing with hands-on wave soldering experience.
• Experience in process optimization, equipment troubleshooting and defect analysis is required.
• NPI, process qualification and continuous improvement experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor and optimize wave soldering processes to meet quality and productivity targets.
• Develop and maintain Work Instructions (WI), process specifications, equipment maintenance records, process parameters, and technical training materials.
• Establish and optimize CPPs including solder temperature, preheat temperature, conveyor speed, flux application, wave height, and other critical process parameters (CPPs).
• Perform equipment inspection, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and process recovery for wave soldering machines to minimize downtime and ensure equipment reliability.
• Conduct thermal profiling, process validation, and process capability studies to ensure soldering quality, process stability, and compliance with customer and internal requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve wave soldering defects such as solder bridges, insufficient solder, cold solder joints, solder balls, excessive dross, and other soldering-related defects, including root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement, improve yield and productivity, reduce defects and process costs, and enhance overall manufacturing efficiency.
• Support NPI activities, process qualification, new product introduction, fixture/tooling evaluation, and process improvement projects related to wave soldering processes.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to subordinates and production personnel on wave soldering processes, equipment operation, troubleshooting, and process control.
• Monitor process performance and analyze production data to identify improvement opportunities and ensure process parameters and quality standards are consistently maintained.

Skills

Wave soldering process setup

Troubleshooting soldering defects

Thermal profiling and process

Analytical/problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership of juniors

Education

Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronics/Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

VTech Communications Ltd specialises in EMS for global OEMs, focusing on wave soldering processes and related manufacturing services. The role targets engineers to optimize quality, yield, and productivity while maintaining CPPs across production lines.

Responsibilities include developing WI, process specs, maintaining equipment records, and guiding junior staff; collaboration with Production, Quality, Engineering, and NPI teams is essential.