Manager, Manufacturing Engineering, PCBA

What you'll do

• Lead team engagement with Design Engineering on PCBA Design for Manufacturing (DFM) feedback and early escalation of challenges.
• Own the PCBA Manufacturing Qualification process at contract manufacturers, including readiness requirements and milestone reviews.
• Drive the adoption of new manufacturing technologies to improve PCBA quality, reliability, throughput, and cost.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts across Operations, Commercial, and Test Engineering to resolve pre-production issues and improve yields.
• Oversee failure and defect investigations to ensure root cause identification and corrective actions are completed.
• Ensure delivery of manufacturing process capabilities, including equipment qualification, quality controls, and standardized rework practices.
• Direct the deployment and qualification of polymerics equipment for high-volume production.
• Monitor program health and team performance through production ramp while providing status reporting and risk escalation to leadership.

What we're looking for

• Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.
• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams across interdisciplinary groups from concept to production.
• 5+ years of experience in PCBA/PCB production, processes, and manufacturing engineering.
• Experience driving Design for Excellence (DFM, DFA, DFT) upstream with Design Engineering.
• Working knowledge of board assembly processes and equipment including stencil, paste print, SPI, pick & place, SMT reflow, AOI, 5DX, selective solder, flying probe, and wash.
• Experience managing relationships with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and 3rd party test and failure analysis partners.
• Proven ability to build, develop, and lead engineering teams in root causing technical product manufacturability and process problems.
• Export control laws and regulations, candidates.