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Electronics Manufacturing Engineer

Standard Bots· Manufacturing Operations
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Glen Cove, NYFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Electronics Manufacturing Engineer combining PCB design-for-manufacturing (DFM/DFT) and SMT/PCBA process ownership to ensure boards designed by EEs are manufacturable at yield and cost, in-house or via contract manufacturers.

Responsibilities

  • DFM review of PCB designs. Review PCBA layouts, footprints, stack-ups, and fabrication/assembly packages before release — including stack-up and controlled-impedance manufacturability. Give clear, specific DFM/DFA and design-for-test (DFT) feedback to electrical engineers; call out issues, errors, and rule violations, and drive them to resolution before the design goes to build.
  • DFM automation and checking. Run systematic, rule-based DFM/DFA checks with automated tooling (Valor, CAM350, Allegro DFM, or equivalent) so reviews are consistent and repeatable rather than eyeballed and keep the rule decks current as parts, processes, and vendors change.
  • Design for test (DFT). Partner with electrical engineering to build test coverage and access into designs from the start; test points, probe access, and ICT/flying-probe/boundary-scan considerations so boards are testable, not just able to be assembled.
  • Manufacturing best practices. Own and uphold the DFM rule set; component spacing, courtyards and keep-outs, panelization, fiducials, thermal relief, testability, and land-pattern standards (IPC-7351 / IPC-2221 / IPC-A-610 class). Keep the standards documented and current, and make sure designs actually conform.
  • Package quality and CM readiness. Ensure every output package; Gerbers, fab and assembly drawings, BOM, pick-and-place, and stack-up is complete, unambiguous, and manufacturable by whoever builds it, internal line or external CM. You are the gate a package clears before it's released.
  • SMT line and process. Own SMT/PCBA process engineering for the in-house line; stencil and paste, placement, reflow profiling, SPI and AOI, and rework. Drive process control, first-pass yield, and defect reduction; own changeovers and new-board bring-up.
  • Board bring-up and test. Bring up, verify, and debug boards on the bench; fluent with oscilloscopes, multimeters, and lab instruments. Run the tests the hardware team specifies, and define test procedures on your own; help stand up automated/functional test (ATE) as we scale production.
  • NPI and design-to-production handoff. Partner with electrical engineering through NPI; from first prototype builds to repeatable volume, closing the loop fast between design intent and what's actually buildable on the floor.
  • Engineering–production liaison. Be the connective tissue between electrical engineering and the production floor, translating design intent into build- and test-ready instructions and feeding real yield, defect, and test data back to design, keeping the loop between design and the floor tight and open.
  • CM partnership. Serve as the manufacturing-engineering interface to external contract manufacturers: qualify processes, resolve DFM findings, review first articles, and hold CMs to our quality bar.
  • Continuous improvement. Root-cause solder and assembly defects (8D/5-Whys), cut scrap and rework, and feed lessons learned back into the DFM standards so the next design starts in a better place.

Qualifications

  • Associate's or Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering Technology (EET), Electrical or Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field or equivalent hands-on experience.
  • 4+ years in electronics/PCBA manufacturing engineering, with hands-on ownership of an SMT line and its process (paste, placement, reflow, AOI, rework).
  • Demonstrated DFM/DFA expertise, reviewed real PCB designs, given feedback to EEs, and can point to boards that shipped better because problems were caught before release.
  • Fluency with IPC standards (IPC-A-610, IPC-7351, IPC-2221, J-STD-001) and the vocabulary to hold a design review to them.
  • Ability to read and interpret schematics, PCB layouts, fabrication and assembly drawings, BOMs, stack-ups and to spot what's wrong or missing in a release package.
  • Hands-on command of the SMT process: reflow profiling, stencil/paste, placement, SPI/AOI, and rework; comfortable diagnosing tombstoning, bridging, voiding, head-in-pillow and similar defects.
  • Hands-on with DFM-check tooling (Valor, CAM350, Allegro DFM, or equivalent) and ability to run rule-based checks against layout and fab/assembly data, not just visual reviews.
  • Design-for-test (DFT) fluency; design in test coverage and access and review boards for testability (test points, ICT/flying-probe/boundary-scan), not just assembly.
  • Hands-on electrical test and measurement; oscilloscopes, multimeters, and bench instruments, able both to run tests defined by the hardware team and to define test procedures.
  • Experience preparing and reviewing manufacturing output packages for handoff to internal lines and/or external CMs.
  • A constructive, direct communication style; can tell an engineer their design has a problem, make the case, and land the fix without friction.

Skills

Required:DFMDFTIPC standardsSMT processDFM toolingElectrical testCommunication

Benefits

  • Paid time off
  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Employee Stock Options
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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