Senior PCB Manufacturing Engineer - DFx for Space Hardware

Socket.dev; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking a Sr. PCB Manufacturing Engineer to bring complex PCB designs to life, optimize manufacturability, and drive yield, cycle time, and cost improvements for satellite hardware.

You will partner with Design Engineering and suppliers to ensure manufacturability and readiness at contract manufacturers, with up to 25% travel to support development and ramp across programs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in PCB manufacturing engineering.
• Experience with driving DFx, DFM, DFA for NPI and mass production.
• Experience in PCB fabrication processes: inner layer imaging, etching, lamination, mechanical and laser drilling, copper plating (electroless and electrolytic), outer layer patterning, solder mask application, surface finish (ENIG, ENEPIG), electrical test, impedance verification, and final routing/profiling.
• Experience working independently and ensuring timely and accurate communication with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and 3rd party test and failure analysis partners.
• Ability to lead small teams in root-causing technical product manufacturability and process problems and drive implementation of solutions.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills; enthusiasm for innovation and improving manufacturability, quality, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Design Engineering teams to drive Design for Excellence (DFx) by providing PCB DFM feedback to identify and mitigate manufacturing challenges early in product development.
• Own the PCB Manufacturing technical roadmap ensuring the manufacturing readiness at our contract manufacturers match the design technology and requirements of the PCB designs.
• Investigate and develop new manufacturing technology and methodologies to enhance PCB quality, reliability, throughput, and cost.
• Drive closure of all operational issues during pre-production builds. Work within Operations, Supply Chain, R&D, and Reliability Engineering to implement and optimize manufacturing processes and improve yields for production ramp.
• Investigate failures/defects in manufacturing, test, and integration. Identify and mitigate underlying root causes to prevent reoccurrence as part of continuous improvement efforts.
• Identify opportunities for risk reduction and simplification of PCB manufacturing processes.
• Deliver manufacturing processes capabilities including equipment capability, quality controls, materials characterization, and standardized rework practices.
• Actively monitor the success of products and processes through production ramp. Provide regular status reports of PCBs progress from design to production.

Skills

PCB manufacturing

DFx/DFM for NPI

DFx/DFA

HDI PCB technologies

Qualification of suppliers

Lead small teams

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Mentor/Valor

Job description

Amazon Leo is seeking a Sr. PCB Manufacturing Engineer to bring complex PCB designs to life, optimize manufacturability, and drive yield, cycle time, and cost improvements for satellite hardware.

You will partner with Design Engineering and suppliers to ensure manufacturability and readiness at contract manufacturers, with up to 25% travel to support development and ramp across programs.