Cable Process Engineer — Drive Innovation in Manufacturing

Samtec, Inc; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Samtec, Inc. is seeking a Cable Process Engineer in the United States to drive the development, validation, and optimization of cable assembly and termination processes.

You will lead robust, repeatable methods that improve quality, throughput and scalability for next-generation products. The role requires hands-on engineering expertise, strong problem-solving, data-driven decision making, and collaboration with product development, quality, and operations teams to ensure smooth production

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 5+ years of engineering experience supporting design, development or manufacturing of electromechanical products.
• Experience launching new products and manufacturing processes into production.

Responsibilities

• Lead process development for cable assembly and termination technologies (laser welding, resistance welding, induction soldering, etc.).
• Design experiments using DOE, 8D, 5 Whys, Six Sigma DMAIC and related methodologies.
• Establish process windows, standards, and work instructions to improve consistency and scalability.
• Develop validation, qualification, and process control strategies for production readiness.
• Analyze manufacturing data with statistical tools (Minitab, Excel) to identify quality and yield improvements.
• Drive root cause investigations and implement corrective actions to reduce variation.

Skills

Problem solving

Data analysis

Statistical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Minitab

Excel

Job description

Samtec, Inc. is seeking a Cable Process Engineer in the United States to drive the development, validation, and optimization of cable assembly and termination processes.

You will lead robust, repeatable methods that improve quality, throughput and scalability for next-generation products. The role requires hands-on engineering expertise, strong problem-solving, data-driven decision making, and collaboration with product development, quality, and operations teams to ensure smooth production