Project Engineer

Sanmina Corporation; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation in Salt Lake City, UT, is seeking a Project Engineer to own one or more product lines, oversee PCBAs, NPI, and related coordination, and serve as technical point of contact with customers. You will manage scheduling, documentation, and continuous improvement on the manufacturing floor.

The role reports to the Plant Engineering Department Manager and requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, 5+ years of engineering experience, and strong problem-solving under pressure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years experience in an engineering or technical capacity.
• High computer proficiency.
• Ability to maintain level emotions under a high pressure situation from customers and manufacturing work demand.

Responsibilities

• Support the manufacturing floor daily operation and drive continuous improvement in the product manufacturing process.
• Optimize and balance cycle times of manufacturing equipment.
• Create and assign tasking related to product(s) and customer(s).
• Design and implement methods and procedures to manufacture and/or assemble products per customer and industry specifications.
• Use engineering education to resolve a wide range of issues in imaginative and practical ways.
• Create a methodical approach of building assemblies to meet customer expectations and deliverables.
• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for solutions.
• Act independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments.
• Analyze process defects of returned products and identify corrective actions.
• Prepare process and quality documentation and procedures.
• Construct and manage assembly time standards and support labor and material quoting.
• Compile and evaluate data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process specifications.
• Learn and support MRP and SFDC systems used to run manufacturing operations from an engineering standpoint.
• Supervise activities of others, directly and/or indirectly.
• Other technical and project management tasks as directed.

Skills

Project management

Manufacturing processes

Continuous improvement

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MRP systems

Shop Floor Data Collection

Job description

Location: 13361 - EMS Salt Lake City UT US - West Valley, UT 84120 US (Primary)

Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving the fastest growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina Corporation provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering superior quality and support to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) primarily in the communications networks, defense, and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor systems, medical, multimedia, computing and storage, automotive and clean technology sectors. Sanmina Corporation has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world.

Job Purpose

The Project Engineer role will have two main functions. The first is to own one or more productlines relating to one or more customers, including PCBAs, Oversight of Test, Box-Build tracking and coordination, NPI (New Product Introduction), scheduling/tracking, and documentation. The second function is to collaborate with the customer(s) as a technical PoC (Point of Contact). This Project Engineer will review customer data and requirements, and use them to create process flow, coordinate equipment and instrumentation for the manufacturing of product, and attend to all additional needs of the particular customer(s) and product line(s) with regard to a Project Management and Technical Product Lead. They will provide daily support to the manufacturing of the build, troubleshooting of products and equipment, scheduling of service and maintenance, improvement of efficiencies, and quality. This role will report to the Plant Engineering Department Manager.

Nature of Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the manufacturing floor daily operation, and drive continuous improvement in the product manufacturing process.
• Optimize and balance cycle times of manufacturing equipment.
• Create and assign tasking related to product(s) and customer(s).
• Design and implement methods and procedures to manufacture and/or assemble products in conformance to customer and industry specifications.
• Use engineering education and training to resolve a wide range of issues in imaginative as well as practical ways.
• Create a methodical approach of building assemblies to meet customer expectations and deliverables.
• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Act independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments.
• Analyze process defects of returned products and identify corrective actions.
• Prepare process and quality documentation and procedures.
• Construct and manage assembly time standards and support labor and material quoting.
• Compile and evaluate data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process specifications.
• Must be able to learn and support the Material Requirement Planning (MRP) system and Shop Floor Data Collection (SFDC) system used to run a manufacturing operation from an engineering standpoint.
• Will supervise the activities of others, directly and/or indirectly.
• Other technical and project management tasks as directed.

Education & Experience

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or related technical field.
• Minimum 5 years experience in an engineering or technical capacity.
• High computer proficiency.
• Ability to maintain level emotions under a high pressure situation from customers and manufacturing work demand.

Preferred:

• Successful experience in a fast‑paced, multitasking environment.
• Experience with or knowledge of IPC-610 and ANSI J STD 001 standards.

This is an ITAR facility and the applicant must be a US Citizen or a lawful permanent resident.

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer.