PCB CAM Engineer — Data-Driven Tooling Pro

Sanmina; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation in Costa Mesa is seeking a CAM Operator to review customer design data and generate manufacturing data for PCB production. The role includes data import, design rule checks, and creating tooling for manufacturing with collaboration across engineering and production teams.

Preferred candidates have an engineering background and at least 3 years of PCB tooling or planning engineering experience.

Qualifications

• Engineering background preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in PCB tooling, product engineering, and/or planning engineering.
• Familiarity with IPC standards and CAD/CAM systems; computer literacy required.
• Ability to interpret technical specifications and resolve technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Import customer data into Genesis.
• Conduct design rule checks (DRCs), and edit data for manufacturing compliance based on planning engineering instructions.
• Develop manufacturing data including panelization, Cu layers, soldermask and silkscreen, drill and route files.
• Generate and verify NC programs for manufacturing equipment.
• Collaborate with engineering and production to resolve design queries.
• Apply strong understanding of PCB manufacturing processes to CAM data preparation.

Skills

PCB tooling

Product engineering

Planning engineering

CAD/CAM systems

Data interpretation

IPC standards

Tools

Genesis CAD/CAM

Job description

Sanmina Corporation in Costa Mesa is seeking a CAM Operator to review customer design data and generate manufacturing data for PCB production. The role includes data import, design rule checks, and creating tooling for manufacturing with collaboration across engineering and production teams.

Preferred candidates have an engineering background and at least 3 years of PCB tooling or planning engineering experience.