Senior Materials Lab Engineer

Req ID: 123215 
Region: Americas 
Country: United States 
State/Province: Texas 
City:  Richardson 

General Overview

Functional Area:  ENG - Engineering
Career Stream:  DSN - Product Design
Role:  Advisory
SAP Short Name:  ADV
Job Title:  Design Engineering Advisor
Job Code:  ADV-ENG-DES
Job Level:  Band 09
Direct/Indirect Indicator:  Indirect

Summary

First full level of specialization; applies expertise in more than one area of specialization. Work is performed within established professional standards, established policy, and/or established objectives. Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Incumbents are accountable for quality of work delivered by external suppliers as applicable. May influence others outside of team to ensure goals are met and resolves conflicts in an effective manner. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the sites/major function's operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Receives guidance primarily on unique, unusual, or controversial problems or questions. May lead a work group or project team consisting of one or more support staff and/or tech/professional staff with some coaching from own supervisor, or may provide advice and guidance in area of specialty. Seeks out new avenues for building internal and external relationships; maintains contacts with existing relationships.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Develops new or significantly modifies and improves existing designs or techniques related to systems, products, devices, components, processes, methods, equipment, facilities or production.
• Performs simulations to analyze proposed solutions.
• Creates new circuits and topologies to meet new design and performance targets and/or eliminate problems.
• Actively participates in design reviews and offers technical advice and feedback to the customers technical staff to develop product requirements.
• Participates in project planning and scheduling.
• Provides feedback to customer and other design centers regarding design issues, quality, materials, etc.
• Provides support to other engineering functions throughout life cycle of product, from design through manufacturing and works with team members to resolve and design or production problems.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Experienced operating, calibrating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and interpreting data from failure analysis laboratory equipment, including optical microscopy, SEM, XRF, cross-sectioning grinders and polishers, and X-rays.
• Cross-section preparation of electronic printed circuit assemblies & metallurgical assessments of solder joints.
• Being certified in IPC-A-610 for soldering quality and in IPC-A-600 and IPC-6012 or familiar with the two standards for inspecting PWBs.
• Experienced in delivering or decapsulating electronic components.
• Experienced in performing mechanical testing such as tensile, shear, and compression.
• Knowledge of Ion Chromatography testing and evaluation of the results on Electronic assemblies.
• Knowledge of thermal analysis, such as TMA, TGA, and DSC.
• Demonstrates confidence in describing root cause and corrective actions to internal and external customers and suppliers.
• Experienced in evaluating and selecting new analytical lab equipment
• Knowledge of electrochemistry and its application to corrosion of electronic assemblies.
• Excellent English Communication Skills: High levels of organizational, team, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and verbal)
• A high level of emotional intelligence: Consistently demonstrating the open-mindedness of a problem solver who can collaboratively engage multiple people in multiple departments and work under challenging situations positively.
• Onsite: This position is 100% onsite—it is not a remote or hybrid position. In addition, the team member must be able to act competently in emergencies and work flexibly.
• Expertise in MS Office.

Physical Demands

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