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TTM Technologies · 1 day ago

Field Application Engineer

California, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$107K/yr - $188K/yr

5+ years exp

TTM Technologies, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of technology products, including printed circuit boards. The Field Applications Engineer is responsible for providing technical support to customers, improving design quality, and facilitating communication between customers and TTM's engineering teams.

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Educate customer designers and technologist on Design for Manufacture (DFM), Design for Value (DFV)

Reduce customers’ design cycle time by facilitating/eliminating problem disposition between TTM’s pre-production engineering groups and the customer

Improve the quality and completeness of design packages coming from the customer and help them by identifying design problems related to manufacturability and reliability test

Update customer designers and manufacturing groups on TTM capabilities. Set roadmap and technology direction through formal customer presentations

Thorough understanding of TTM manufacturing capabilities and technologies to support QTA/NPI/High Volume Manufacturing; North America and Asia Pacific solutions

Provide TTM manufacturing facilities with insight into future customer needs and technology requirements. Identify and communicate roadmap and capability gaps. Facilitate customer technical needs with engineering and operations

Analyze customer designs for manufacturability, controlled impedance, and specification improvements

Establish technical contacts between customer and TTM to drive improved lines of technical communications and increased depth of relationships

Assist the pre-production teams thru the DFM/TQ process in getting “on hold” issues addressed at the customer site expeditiously

Assist the Sales Account Managers in increasing customer revenue through superior technical support and service

Travel for customer sight visits to support issues, and/or, key programs as required

Create and conduct technical capability presentations in conjunction with the sales team

Facilitate customer technical needs with engineering and operations. This position will interface regularly with TTM’s Sales, Development, Pre-Production Engineering departments, and Operations, and it is essential that the employee be able to effectively balance the communication channels between these departments

This position will interface regularly with TTM’s Sales, Development, Pre-Production Engineering departments, and Operations, and it is essential that the employee be able to effectively balance the communication channels between these departments

Qualification

PCB manufacturing processSignal IntegrityElectrical design performanceBlueprint interpretationPCB CAM softwareMicrosoft Office SuitePublic speakingWritten communicationSelf-motivated

Required

Strong printed circuit engineering background and knowledge of entire PCB manufacturing process including; process flows, individual processing steps, and tooling

Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to work well with customers design groups

Ability to make decisions influencing quality of PCB designs coming from strategic customers to enable high yielding product from TTM North America and Asia Pacific sites while transitioning from QTA/NPI to HVM

Self-motivated and willing to work with minimum supervision

Ability to make routine decisions with general direction provided by department Manager

Effective public speaking and presentation skills

Disciplined in working remotely

Bachelor Degree in Engineering or related discipline preferred

5-7+ years of experience in engineering activities related to PCB manufacturing preferred

Minimum level experience of electrical design performance and signal integrity (Impedance, insertion loss)

Intermediate level skills for drawing / blueprint interpretation skills, and use of PCB CAM software and tooling PCB stack-up tools

Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project

Travel for customer visits, TTM NA manufacturing sites and TTM Asia Pacific sites for potentially up to 15-25% travel

Must comply with TTM Export Control Policies and Procedures and all applicable laws including ITAR, EAR and OFAC including but not limited to: a) being able to identify ITAR product on the manufacturing floor and understand that access to these products and related technical data is restricted to only US Citizens and US Permanent Residents; b) recognition of Foreign Person visitors by badge differentiation; c) understand and follow authorization procedures for bringing foreign visitors into facilities (VAL); d) understand the Export and ITAR requirements for shipments leaving the US; e) manage vendor approvals for ITAR manufacturing and services