EMS PCBA Manufacturing Tech Lead — SMT & Data Systems

J&T Business Consulting; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

J&T Business Consulting is seeking a Manufacturing Technical Engineering Manager for Electronics Manufacturing Services in Seymour, CT. You will lead a cross-functional team responsible for data conversion, BOM management, Gerber handling, and SMT programming to ensure flawless production.

The role bridges client design data with floor-ready manufacturing, coordinating with Operations, Process Engineering, Quality, and Planning to meet schedules and maintain process discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Manufacturing Engineering or related technical discipline preferred.
• Minimum 5+ years of progressive engineering experience within electronics contract manufacturing (EMS) or SMT programming.
• Supervisory or technical team leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead Technical Engineering, Document Control, and SMT Programming teams; establish priorities.
• Coordinate data readiness with build schedules across departments.
• Oversee BOMs, CAD/centroid coordinates, Gerber layers, SMT machine recipes, and routings.
• Manage data reviews, issue escalation, and ECOs for timely production traveler releases.
• Optimize placement sequences and OEE with SMT Operations and Process Engineers.
• Provide hands-on engineering support during FAI and NPI.

Skills

SMT programming

Fuji NXT III

MS Excel VBA

Data analysis

PCBA/SMT processes

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Aegis MES

Infor ERP

CAD/CAM data conversion

Job description

J&T Business Consulting is seeking a Manufacturing Technical Engineering Manager for Electronics Manufacturing Services in Seymour, CT. You will lead a cross-functional team responsible for data conversion, BOM management, Gerber handling, and SMT programming to ensure flawless production.

The role bridges client design data with floor-ready manufacturing, coordinating with Operations, Process Engineering, Quality, and Planning to meet schedules and maintain process discipline.