Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The company designs, builds, and supports capital equipment used to assemble printed circuit boards and serve adjacent industrial applications. The Application Engineer will provide technical guidance to customers and internal partners, troubleshoot system and process challenges, develop tailored equipment proposals, and support product launches, testing, installations, and process optimization.
Responsibilities
- Support customer training during beta and controlled product launch phases
- Handle pre- and post-sales customer engagement: site visits, virtual support, process development
- Plan and run customer lab trials, demonstrations, and design of experiments to validate performance
- Provide post-installation support to customers and sales, including troubleshooting and process optimization
- Contribute to factory acceptance testing and site acceptance testing
- Support new product introduction, including customer ramp-up and internal machine readiness
- Assist with project design, specification development, testing, and documentation under the Product
- Support engineering trials for new product development: setup, execution, data collection
- Maintain and operate demo and engineering lab equipment
- Troubleshoot customer process and equipment issues to reduce downtime
- Support quotes, non-standard requests, and equipment upgrade proposals
- Participate in software and hardware testing, including bug identification and validation
- Capture and communicate Voice of Customer input back into product improvement
- Create and maintain manuals, application notes, and internal process guides
- Support trade shows and marketing events
Skills
- * Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- * 2-3 years of experience (SMT and/or semiconductor applications preferred)
- * Working knowledge of statistical tools for developing, analyzing, and controlling electronics manufacturing processes
- * Ability to build process engineering test plans and procedures
- * Foundational understanding of electro-mechanical systems across electrical, mechanical, and software
- * Familiarity with quality control standards and workmanship requirements in manufacturing
- * General knowledge of product applications, features, and related manufacturing processes
- * Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to work across all levels of the organization including production teams
- * Travel up to 30-40%, realistically about one week per month, predominantly domestic
- * Valid passport required for occasional international travel
- * Primarily seated computer work with periodic hands-on equipment operation; occasional light lifting to 25 pounds
- * Relocation assistance may be considered for qualified candidates
- * Familiarity with electronics manufacturing processes including SMT, cleaning, and through-hole
- * Exposure to SMT line equipment such as reflow ovens, wave soldering systems, and cleaning equipment
- * Knowledge of electronics assembly materials: underfill, adhesives, UV epoxies, solder paste, fluxes, cleaning agents
- * Understanding of semiconductor applications and related manufacturing processes
- * Experience applying statistical tools to process development and control
- * Demonstrated appetite for learning new technologies, equipment, and processes
Benefits
- PPO plans with a low family coverage cost
- 401k match that accelerates with age
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid parental leave
- Coaching from a manager who has done the job before
- A documented application engineering career path, with opportunities into product management, operations, and engineering leadership
- Flexible role with work-life balance
- Remote with travel to Camdenton and clients around the US
- Relocation assistance may be considered for qualified candidates
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