Product Engineer II (PHX)

Product Engineer II - Contract (Location: Phoenix, AZ area) Job Details: The hiring manager would like ot see candidates with the following skills and experience: *Production documentation and End of Life and Product Lifecyle Management *Product Qualification per Mil Spec *Technical documentation and writing: Test plans, manufacturing plans, quality docs. *Someone who has worked in a similar role as a Product Engineer at a previous job. Job Summary: As Product Engineer III for the Microsystems Business Unit, you will be specifically responsible for New Product Initiatives (NPI) launch and mature product sustainment activities that support Microsystems Custom package designs. This Microsystems Business Unit designs, manufactures, tests, and delivers rugged microelectronics that operate in the harshest environments, with extreme reliability and maintainability. You will proactively identify problems and generate solutions, while collaborating with team members and with leaders from other functions within the engineering team and business unit to drive execution of innovative solutions while meeting business objectives. As a successful Principal Product Engineer, you will develop the trust and respect of teammates, leadership and external partners, fostering a culture of teamwork and collaboration across all functional groups within the business unit. Job Responsibility: • Perform product engineering, development, and analysis of microelectronic assemblies and their constituent parts including: multiple die/chiplets, interposers, Ball-Grid-Array (BGA) substrates, printed-wiring-boards, packages, and materials • Provide Product Engineering technical leadership to our customers during all phases of a custom contract award. • Support customer meetings and provide technical engineering milestones during the NPI process from kick off, critical design, and through production release. • Provide technical leadership and foster communication and collaboration between stakeholders including: all engineering disciplines, customers, vendors, operations / manufacturing, supply chain, quality, contracts, configuration/data management, and other supporting organizations. • Support operations / manufacturing setup, process development / organization, tracking, work instructions, documentation, etc. and oversee product as it transitions from development to production. • Oversees products / devices (and constituent parts) as they move through the manufacturing, test, and delivery processes. • Balance system attributes including performance, cost, schedule, producibility, reliability, supportability, etc. to ensure the products meet expectations and requirements. • Consider the entire systems lifecycle: concept, requirements, architecture, functional and physical analysis, detailed design, integration, verification/test, validation, operation, maintenance, etc. • Perform needs analysis to understand customer use cases and care-abouts. • Perform trades studies on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including make/buy partner decisions. • Write technical documentation including specs, plans, procedures, analysis results, etc. • Consider the effects of actions on the system as a whole. I.e. “systems-thinking” • Supports program / project management with planning, organizing, scheduling, cost, and project execution. • Ensure that risk management is addressed and understood by engineering and program management teams. • Investigates solutions to product and process problems and issues. • Willing to help the team in areas outside of specific technical discipline. Required Qualification: • Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent • Minimum Experience: 7 Years in semiconductor and/or microelectronics area • Experience working in the aerospace, defense, and/or space sectors is highly desirable. • Proficiency with the following required: * Knowledge of process development in a custom design environment * Setup product assembly steps and sequencing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools, e.g. Oracle * Develop, and adhere to, resource plans, schedule, and budget * Knowledge and development of manufacturing readiness plans * Risk and opportunity management * Ability to read and write technical documentation. e.g. test plans, procedures, and reports • Excellent writing, spelling, verbal, and interpersonal skills • Work effectively individually and as part of a team • Manage projects or processes Experience with the following is a plus: * Oracle, Agile PLM * Atlassian tool suite including Jama, Confluence, and Jira, etc. * Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) * Lab / test equipment: power supplies, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.aa415a4b-8b21-40fc-a65c-70d2b25ca29a