The Role
Assures the quality and reliability of PCBA manufacturing across outsourced suppliers. Leads root-cause investigations for manufacturing and field failures, coordinates corrective and preventive actions, identifies DFM and DFT risks during NPI, supports test coverage strategies, and analyzes manufacturing, yield, repair, test, and reliability data to drive process improvements.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
- Assures manufacturing, quality and reliability of technically challenging PCBAs throughout the outsourced supply chain
- Lead complex root cause investigations for PCA-related manufacturing and field failures in collaboration with Product Engineering, R&D and the CM. Coordinate corrective and preventive actions across internal teams and manufacturing partners.
- Identify manufacturability and testability risks during new product introductions (NPI). Provide DFM feedback regarding layout, solderability, assembly robustness, and process capability.
- Assess DFT readiness and support implementation of efficient test coverage strategies
- Act as technical engineering partner for manufacturing sites and suppliers.
- Analyze manufacturing, test, repair, yield, and reliability data to identify trends and improvement opportunities. Apply data-driven methods to identify systematic process weaknesses.
- Bachelor's, Master's, or university degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Materials Science, Physics, or a comparable field.
- Strong practical knowledge and professional experience in electronics/PCBA manufacturing and testing are mandatory, including PCBA design, manufacturing processes, and test methods
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, demonstrated by leading root cause investigations and driving resolution of complex manufacturing, quality, and reliability issues using structured methodologies.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills, enabling effective alignment of Contract Manufacturers and cross-functional teams to drive corrective actions, quality improvements, and operational excellence.
- Advanced data analysis skills, including extraction, interpretation, and presentation of complex manufacturing, quality, test, and reliability data to support problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives.
-Fluent English language skills. - Ability to travel 5-20% of the time.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's, master's, or university degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Materials Science, Physics, or a comparable field
- Strong practical knowledge and professional experience in electronics and PCBA manufacturing and testing
- Experience with PCBA design, manufacturing processes, and test methods
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including leading root-cause investigations and resolving complex manufacturing, quality, and reliability issues
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills
- Ability to analyze, interpret, and present complex manufacturing, quality, test, and reliability data
- Fluent English language skills
- Ability to travel 5-20% of the time
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The Company
What We Do
For over a half-century, Advantest has been designing innovative electronic measuring equipment and semiconductor test systems essential to the development and manufacture of advanced computer and telecommunications products. On April 1, 2012, Advantest completed its integration of Verigy Ltd. Additional Information about Advantest can be found at www.advantest.com.
