Manufacturing Engineer

Description

Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a global powerhouse in integrated manufacturing solutions serving the fastest growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. We are a global engine providing the end-to-end manufacturing backbone for the world's most essential and innovative brands. Whether it's autonomous vehicles, life-saving medical tech, next-gen aerospace, or AI/cloud infrastructure - our integrated solutions don’t just meet standards—they redefine them.

The Sanmina facility in Austin, Texas provides precision machining and mechanical assembly services to customers. Precision machining capabilities include vertical milling, horizontal milling, and turning on a wide range of materials including aluminum, copper, composites, stainless titanium, and high alloy steel with a milling envelope of up to 60" x 50" x 40". The facility specializes in high-mix, low volume production and also offers subassembly, integration, New Product Introduction services, and clean room assembly.

Summary

The Manufacturing Engineer supports New Product Introduction, New Product Development, Sustaining production and transfer released designs to production and other Sanmina sites as required for assigned projects. Provide manufacturing engineering / machining process support for internal / external manufacturing engineering programs. Execute all duties and responsibilities associated with the role of a Manufacturing Engineer. This position will be the primary technical interface with customers and internal Sanmina team on assigned projects. Interface with R&D, program management and other cross-functional team members as part of the NPI team. Provide Technical project leadership support to Program Management to generate a Project plan with timeline to ensure customer expectations are met. These include, but are not limited to:

What You'll Do

• Support all activities associated with a product line, project, or related components.
• Be a fully contributing member the engineering team.
• Provide engineering support to sustaining product production in CNC environment.
• Provide content necessary to produce manufacturing documentation including Bill of Materials and Manufacturing Router Instructions.
• Initiate and follow through to execution all customer-driven and internal change control requirements.
• Be the operations project lead that can represent manufacturing, procurement, planning & logistics in addition to manufacturing engineering in NPI core team meetings.
• Lead manufacturing engineering support for new product development activities, interface with R&D to translate design requirements to manufacturable processes.
• Provide DFM/DFA feedback based on early prototype builds to achieve consistent manufacturable processes.
• Lead the transfer of design changes from design engineering to manufacturing.
• Implement SPC Control on in-process data
• Performs root cause analysis & recommends corrective actions to address manufacturing issues.
• Continuously work to improve manufacturing methods, efficiency and product quality.
• Work closely with production supervision to ensure timely resolution of daily issues.
• Work closely with operations teams such as procurement, quality control, planning and logistics.
• Interface with suppliers and quality engineering to resolve supplier quality issues.
• Monitor quality reports and field performance of assigned product line, identify trends, investigate problems and implement corrective actions.
• Oversee and contribute to the design, development, and optimization of manufacturing processes.
• Ability to effectively work in a team environment and meet timelines and objectives
• Collaborate closely with customer engineers to ensure manufacturability of components and systems, providing feedback to improve designs.
• Identify and recommend cost reductions, efficiency improvements, and quality improvements
• Analyze failure data, summarize, and present analysis to customer engineering team
• Mentor and guide junior engineers and technicians, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Other duties may be assigned as require.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/ Manufacturing/ Mechatronics /Instrumentation Engineering
• 5 years or more of experience in manufacturing engineering within the Contract manufacturing for semiconductor industry.
• Hands on knowledge of creating process flowcharts, PFMEA & Process Control plans.
• Ability to effectively communicate with hourly team members, mid and upper management.
• Lean Six Sigma experience.
• CAD 3D modeling and Solidworks.
• Relevant experience interpreting and creating engineering spec, drawings, models
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively to overcome challenges
• Preferred experience with Oracle
• SPC Controls

Why Join Us?

Sanmina employees also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Sanmina, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment. Sanmina provides equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Please be aware that this position may require access to technology, software, or technical data that is subject to U.S. export control laws. All offers of employment are contingent on the applicant either 1) being a "U.S. Person," defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, or (iii) other protected individual, such as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 or asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158; or 2) being eligible to obtain a timely export control license or license exception from the applicable U.S. federal agency.