Associate Engineer

Job Description

The Roles of the A E / Engineer in Test Engineering department are to execute and implement cost-effective methods to ensure no tester down time and ensuring Tester OEE meet or exceed the target. Also maintain and improve the day to day activities to meet or exceed the TE department s KPI s. Also involve in the CFT discussion with customer related to technical matters, Also follow SANMINA SOP s during NPI execution.

Academic Qualification/Job Qualification:

- Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering / Electronics & Communication Engineering / Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering with more than 7 years experience (or)
- B. E in Electrical & Electronics Engineering / Electronics & Communication Engineering / Electronics & Instrumentation with 4 years and above experience

Skills / competence required to perform the Job:

- Hard Working and Flexible
- Knowledge in GC Prevue and gerber
- Having good analytical skill & Problems solving skills
- Knowledge of 8D, 4M, CAPA, Six Sigma problem Solving methodology
- Continues improvement mind set, Learn and adapt new technologies for cost savings
- Training, Evaluation, Supervisory & Interpersonal skills
- NRE Costing and SOW preparation of test engineering setups
- Customer communication and presentation skills

Responsibilities:

- Tester Capacity planning for production and debug
- Validate the Design and concept for Test Fixtures and Equipments and work for proposals and approvals.
- Ensure tester and fixture performance is meeting the SANMINA requirements, Specification, GRnR & Cpk target before approving the tester qualification report
- Give the tester, fixture, SW, Equipment issue related reports to supplier in timely manner and resolve the issues.
- Prepares test and diagnostic programs matrix and ECN initiation and closure.
- Plan and execute Product yield improvement and Scrap reduction.
- Plan the tester NRE and Spare budget
- Ensure customer assets are inventoried with identification and audited for accuracy
- Ensure CFT meeting participation and the actions are executed on timely manner.
- Work for product FA related issues and Tester CAPA to improve the FPY and down time.
- Production readiness preparation like WI and ensure all CTQ s are verified before approval.
- Provide IQ, OQ protocol inputs, Do verification of the IQ, OQ reports prior to approvals.
- Conduct periodic audit on the assigned product family testers and give improvement feedback to the sustenance team
- Guide the sustenance team and verify the data submitted related to Failure analysis and CAPA on false failures to improve the first pass yield in the ICT and FCT
- Plan and execute the Installation and Operational qualification of testers and fixtures in timely manner and close the NC s or issues observed during the validation
- Report the FPY issues related to Product and get customer to close the actions related to product issues
- Work together with the sustenance team members for improvements and product related matters like ECN, FPY, FW, IQ, OQ, PQ etc on a time bound action and on time completion
- Directly communicate with customer and follow up to get the product, tester, software, firmware, technical specifications and collaborated technical discussions / actions etc
- Active participation in EHS related activities like Identification of aspects and Impacts, HIRA, Emergency preparedness , continuous improvements etc and enable to report about hazardous situations to respective supervisor / department managers as required.

Authority:

- Authorized to take quick and correct decisions based on the Test SOPs and Customer documents.
- Authorized to create Test SOPs documents.
- Initiate CFT discussion related to Line stop due to product quality issues found during ICT / FCT failures related to component, workmanship or process related issues and ensure the solution is provided to restart the line.
- Report the component, FW related failures of the product to customer for resolving and improve FPY
- Authorized to complete the CAPA for the test related issues.
- Authorized to communicate to customer for technical clarification
- Authorized to discuss and track the corrective and preventive actions related to product, tester, spare, capacity, test yield.

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