Process Development Engineer

flex; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex is looking for a Process Development Engineer in Milpitas, CA, to support product development and engineering teams. The role involves working with technical experts to develop prototypes, manage engineering tasks, and ensure efficient solutions are implemented to meet customer needs. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and have relevant experience.

Benefits

Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans

Life Insurance

Short-term and Long-term Disability

Matching 401(k) Contributions

Vacation and Paid Sick Time

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• 3-4 years working experience required.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of functional concepts and policies.
• Must have awareness of functional impact on work processes.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to create and test prototypes.
• Drive effective solutions that meet customer requirements.
• Manage design parameters and tradeoff priorities.

Skills

Communication

Relational skills

Technical skills

Operations skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechatronics, Mechanical or Electronics

Job description

Job Posting Start Date 05-27-2025 Job Posting End Date 07-30-2025

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Process Development Engineer located in Milpitas, CA.

The “Design, Process and Technology Engineer” reporting to Advanced Engineering Manager will

hold up on mechanical, electrical, and testing of product design for a new and rapidly growing division within Flex. Work in comprehending the product requirements, assembling prototypes for products under development, fixture creation for assembly and test of prototypes. Implementing world class solutions for our customers.

What a typical day looks like:

• Working with a matrixed, cross functional team of technical experts within Flex organization, extending and building new resources/ capabilities to incorporate into the Flex knowledge base.
• Working with a matrixed, cross functional team of technical experts within Flex organization, extending and building new resources/ capabilities to incorporate into the Flex knowledge base.
• Drive toward creative, robust, and effective solutions that meet customer requirements.
• Hold up engineering team with prototyping, product build, bring up, test, documentation, and successful release to manufacturing.
• Contribute with a cross functional team to develop technically robust and effective solutions to a wide variety of design problems.
• Manage design parameters and design tradeoff priorities in close coordination with other team members.
• Help develop best practices, identify equipment, and material needs with members of the team.
• Ability to resolve, define and design the system and subsystems approaches to meet project and program design goals, requirements and schedules.
• Identify standard products and sub-blocks for inclusion into solution proposals.
• Develop key relationships with internal design teams as well subcontractors to plan comprehensive product strategies based on future technologies.
• Strives for improvements and efficiencies in Engineering area.
• Monitors KPIs for engineering processes.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of technical development and trends in the field of expertise.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial , Mechatronics, Mechanical or Electronics .
• Functional knowledge, education background or 3-4 years working experience required.
• Good communication skills and excellent relational skills.
• Demonstrates operations and technical skills and comprehension of functional standards.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of functional concepts and a solid comprehension of policies and procedures.
• Has awareness of the functional impact upon work processes and other functions.

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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Pay Range (Applicable to California) $91,900.00 USD - $126,400.00 USDAnnual Job CategoryDesign, Process & Technology Engineering

Is Sponsorship Available?

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