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At Ciena, this role drives the successful transition of electronic assemblies from engineering into manufacturing, enabling product readiness and production continuity. The position partners with contract manufacturers and cross functional teams to improve manufacturability, resolve technical issues, and support new product introductions. Contributions help ensure quality, efficiency, and scalability across global manufacturing operations.
- Facilitate technology transfer of electronic assemblies to contract manufacturers, including documentation, data files, tooling, and ongoing issue resolution.
- Evaluate contract manufacturers through on-site assessments to determine readiness for new production opportunities and monitor manufacturing performance.
- Review assembly documentation and design files, coordinating updates through configuration management and engineering teams.
- Develop and maintain assembly work instructions using available manufacturing tools.
- Conduct Design for Manufacturing reviews of new PCB and PCBA designs using CAD data.
- Contribute vendor and industry standards feedback to product specifications, material evaluations, and assembly qualification activities.
- Resolve manufacturing and process related technical issues while providing manufacturing capability feedback to planning, engineering, and management teams.
- Expertise in manufacturing and process engineering for electronic assembly (SMT).
- Application of IPC-610 workmanship standards for electronic assemblies.
- Utilization of CAD packages to review PCB and PCBA design files for electronic assemblies; experience with Mentor Graphics Valor DFM software is required.
- Application of automated electronic assembly processes, including surface mount, through-hole assembly, and troubleshooting.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or demonstrable equivalent experience.
- Experience: 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Fluent English skills, no travel restrictions, and willingness to relocate to Guadalajara, Mexico if not currently located there.
- Expertise in improving backend processes through mechanical design changes and/or implementation of SPC and Poka-yoke process improvements.
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Skills Required
- Expertise in manufacturing and process engineering for electronic assembly, including SMT
- Application of IPC-610 workmanship standards for electronic assemblies
- CAD package experience reviewing PCB and PCBA design files
- Mentor Graphics Valor DFM software experience
- Experience with automated electronic assembly processes, including surface mount, through-hole assembly, and troubleshooting
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or demonstrable equivalent experience
- Seven or more years of relevant experience
- Fluent English skills
- No travel restrictions
- Willingness to relocate to Guadalajara, Mexico if not currently located there
- Expertise improving backend processes through mechanical design changes and/or SPC and Poka-yoke improvements
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