SMT Fixture Design & Maintenance Engineer

Q-Edge Corporation, Foxconn; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Q-Edge Corporation, in Houston, seeks a Mechanical Engineer specializing in SMT fixtures to design, maintain, and optimize fixtures for high- volume production. The role requires CAD proficiency and hands-on repair experience, ensuring reliability and efficiency across engineering, production, and quality teams.

The successful candidate will collaborate across departments, develop SOPs for IQC, and help reduce downtime while improving fixture life and yield in a fast-paced electronics

Qualifications

• Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering or above.
• Work Experience: 1-3 years of experience in Fixture maintenance, tooling design, or precision equipment repair (electronics/smartphone manufacturing preferred).

Responsibilities

• Fixture design: analyze and design fixtures using CAD software to optimize production and fixture life expectancy.
• Fixture purchase: coordinate with production and asset department to verify vendors and enhance fixture inventory for mass production.
• New fixture IQC (incoming quality control): Develop and implement SOPs for IQC procedures to validate samples from new vendors to meet production specs.
• Fixture diagnose and repair: ensure fixture performance, reduce maintenance costs, and prevent production downtime.
• SMT fixture document management and technician training: formulate and compile operation standards, and train technicians.

Skills

SMT process flow

Mechanical troubleshooting

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Purpose of the position

Responsible for design, maintenance,optimization, and quality inspection offixtures for SMT production line (Surface Mount Technology, consumer electronics industry).

Collaboratecloselywithproduction,engineering,andqualityteamstoensurefixture reliability,improveyield,andimprove fixture usage efficiency, reassuring PCB functionality during the SMT production process.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Fixture design: analyzeand design fixtureusingCADsoftwareandproposeimprovements to optimize production and fixture life expectancy.
• Fixture purachse: Workcross-functionallywith other teams such as production and asset department, to verify vendors, validate new fixtures andenhancefixture inventory for mass production.
• New fixture IQC (incoming quality control)：Develop and implement SOPs for IQC procedures to validate samples from new vendors in order to meet the specification requirements for production.
• Fixture diagnose andrepair: ensure fixture performance,reducemaintenancecosts, and prevent production down time.
• SMT fixture document management and technician training: formulate and compile operation standard, and training technician.

Education and work experience

Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering or above.

Work Experience: 1-3 years of experience in Fixture maintenance, tooling design, orprecisionequipmentrepair(electronics/smartphonemanufacturingpreferred).

Working conditions

1. Join a high-growth, innovation-driven team shaping next-gen consumer electronics.
2. Work at the intersection of engineering, automation, and global operations.
3. Be part of a diverse, bilingual team with strong cross-Pacific collaboration.
4. Typically 8-5 core hours with flexibility, though project deadlines may require occasional overtime.
5. Modern, collaborative offices or labs with flexible setups emphasizing innovation and teamwork.

Skills

Understanding SMT process flow, proficiency in using CAD software, mechanical troubleshooting.

Capability: Good problem-solving ability, team collaboration spirit, meticulous and careful work output.

Supervision

Employees under direct supervision: 1-3.