Process Development Engineer

Flex; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Process Development Engineer to join their innovative team in San Jose. This role involves collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop and test product prototypes, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet customer needs. The ideal candidate will possess a strong engineering background, excellent communication skills, and a passion for problem-solving. Join a company that values diversity and inclusion, and offers a collaborative environment where your contributions can make a significant impact on product development and innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering field required.
• 3-4 years of working experience preferred.
• Strong communication and relational skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to develop product prototypes.
• Drive effective solutions that meet customer requirements.
• Manage design parameters and trade-off priorities.

Skills

Communication Skills

Technical Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electronics

Job description

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Base pay range

$89,800.00/yr - $123,500.00/yr

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and cultivate a workplace culture of belonging that views uniqueness as a competitive edge and builds a community that enables our people to push the limits of innovation to make great products that create value and improve people's lives. 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.

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 San Jose , 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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Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email [e-mail] and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

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