Senior PCB Manufacturing Engineer Onsite High Reliability

Rocket EMS, Inc.; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket EMS, Inc. in Carson City, NV is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead and optimize Class 3 PCBA manufacturing across SMT, through-hole, test, rework, coating, and final inspection.

You will work hands-on on the factory floor with production, quality, test engineering, and program management to ensure efficient, repeatable, and compliant builds. The role emphasizes root-cause analysis, process validation, and continuous improvements to reduce defects and cycle times while

Qualifications

• 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in electronics manufacturing or high-reliability environments.
• Experience with PCBA manufacturing processes including SMT, through-hole, soldering, rework, inspection, coating, and test support.
• Strong understanding of IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001 requirements.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, BOMs, and customer documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day manufacturing operations for Class 3 PCBA assembly, rework, test, coating, and final inspection processes.
• Provide technical guidance to production teams to resolve manufacturing issues, bottlenecks, yield concerns, and process interruptions.
• Review customer documentation, assembly drawings, BOMs, specifications, and work instructions to ensure manufacturability and process readiness.
• Develop, maintain, and improve manufacturing processes for SMT, selective solder, hand solder, mechanical assembly, conformal coating, and related production areas.
• Support new product introduction builds, first article builds, prototype production, and production ramp activities.
• Assist with process validation, equipment setup, tooling requirements, fixture needs, and production readiness reviews.

Skills

PCBA manufacturing

Root cause analysis

Process improvement

Lean manufacturing

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Equivalent hands-on manufacturing experience

Tools

Excel

MES/ERP systems

Job description

Rocket EMS, Inc. in Carson City, NV is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead and optimize Class 3 PCBA manufacturing across SMT, through-hole, test, rework, coating, and final inspection.

You will work hands-on on the factory floor with production, quality, test engineering, and program management to ensure efficient, repeatable, and compliant builds. The role emphasizes root-cause analysis, process validation, and continuous improvements to reduce defects and cycle times while