Engineering Technician SMT tooling

MetroSpec Technology, LLC; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage fully paid

Profit sharing

Performance bonuses

Job summary

MetroSpec is seeking an Engineering Technician to design, analyze, build, and test tooling for production floors. The role requires hands-on work and understanding of SMT terminology and electronic manufacturing.

You will gain experience with tooling, prototyping, mechanical assembly, testing, and data collection while contributing to new-to-the-world lighting products. We offer excellent pay and benefits, including substantial bonuses and fully paid medical coverage, with profit sharing

Qualifications

• Experience with SMT tooling and electronic manufacturing processes.
• Ability to prototype, test, and document results.
• Familiarity with data collection and basic testing tools.
• Experience with PCB testing and fault diagnosis is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain SMT equipment including paste printer, pick and place, AOI, and reflow systems.
• Assist in tooling and automation projects on the production floor.
• Troubleshoot and repair equipment; work with engineering on improvements.

Skills

SMT tooling experience

Mechanical assembly

Data collection

Troubleshooting

Electrical testing

DVM testing

Tools

Paste printer

Pick and Place

AOI

Reflow conveyor

Job description

Role Overview

This is an important role for an Engineering Technician that likes hands-on work designing, analyzing, building, and testing tools for a production floor. Candidate should understand SMT terminology. This person should be knowledgeable of electronic manufacturing. The candidate must have experience with tooling, prototyping, mechanical assembly, testing and data collection.

Role Overview

This is an important role for an Engineering Technician that likes hands-on work designing, analyzing, building, and testing tools for a production floor. Candidate should understand SMT terminology. This person should be knowledgeable of electronic manufacturing. The candidate must have experience with tooling, prototyping, mechanical assembly, testing and data collection. We have a number of new-to-the world products that enable the lighting industry to create amazing architectural fixtures. This job focuses on the new. MetroSpec provides excellent pay and benefits, and substantial bonuses. Medical coverage is fully paid, and we have regular profit sharing distributions. We greatly value our employees - over half of the staff has been with us over 10 years - we kept everyone during COVID.

Key Responsibilities

The SMT Tooling Technician will be responsible for a sequence of tooling and automation projects. The candidate will need to use a variety of mechanical and electronic tools, and will receive training to run, program, and maintain SMT equipment (paste printer, pick and place, AOI, reflow, conveyors). After training, the operator will also be expected to occasionally setup and program jobs, as well as trouble shooting and repair.

Job Description

Duties include daily interaction with engineering department members, production supervision, and during projects, production personnel. Responsibilities will vary and it is expected this individual will be trained to operate and maintain a variety of equipment while creating new improvements to the production lines. This person must be capable of completing tasks and achieving goals with minimum supervision.

Qualifications & Experience

• Mechanical tool and component fabrication
• Experience testing and maintaining records
• Computer (Windows)
• Knowledge of ESD procedures
• Ability to problem solve
• Mechanical tooling/fixtures for production use
• Electronic component recognition
• Simple electronic testing (DVM, etc..)
• Ability to recommend future automation systems and participate in growth planning
• Equipment installation
• MS Word and Excel (basics)
• Parts database (BOM) software user

Metrospec requires a background check for all candidates once an offer has been accepted.