Overview: As part of the engineering team the Engineer will be responsible for application engineering tasks related to our SMT and through hole placement equipment. The engineer’s responsibilities will cover presales support, post-sales support and solutions products development. This position will require about 50% travel to support customers. Responsibilities:
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As part of the engineering team the Engineer will be responsible for application engineering tasks related to our SMT and through hole placement equipment. The engineer’s responsibilities will cover presales support, post-sales support and solutions products development. This position will require about 50% travel to support customers. The individual must be able to work both as part of a team and as an individual. The engineer will be responsible for completing their tasks and successfully closing their projects
Provide engineering expertise in design and operation of machines and related equipment and the software suite of PanaCIM & DGS. May work closely with other engineering disciplines to increase machine quality, efficiency and volume. Can be called upon to support sales and service activities for pre and post sales activities including installations, presentations, trouble shooting and machine optimization. Support provider of equipment calibrations to include Cpk, ITFU, & HMU. Will often be tasked to perform pre-sales product simulation reports utilizing DGS and the creation of formal Simulation Reports.
Activities include technical writing for industry trade journals and conferences, technical presentations at customer technical review meetings, machine evaluations involving on-site support, component evaluations and testing, interface and providing feedback to the PFSC design and CS organization (Japan) and other engineering support activities.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Responsible for developing and maintaining expertise in the Panasonic electronic assembly equipment, process, solutions and software systems. Performing engineering research, engineering design and development of experimental methods for various technologies. It is required to develop the skills necessary to become the internally recognized technical leader and/or expert in the Panasonic systems above. Technical knowledge includes the entire assembly process including wave soldering, reflow soldering, selective soldering, board handling and transport, AOI (automatic optical inspection) and component mounting. Extensive use of experimental design is required. Mechanical design including nozzle and various mechanical assembly techniques required. Provides electrical and mechanical design to adapt machines to meet customer requirements

INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE

May represent Panasonic in various industry and trade associations including technical papers, trade journal articles and university relations. Participates in studies on product reliability and breaking new technologies. Remains technically current with product bulletins released from P-Web.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Does not manage other employees
• Contributes to achieve revenue budget target

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• BS degree in engineering or higher (electrical, mechanical, industrial engineering, etc.)
• Some design experience preferred.
• Preference for electronic assembly experience (but not required)
• Working knowledge of CAE systems such as Solidworks, PRO/E or other 3D modeling software is preferred but not required.
• AutoCAD experience preferred (but not required).
• MS Office suite working knowledge required
• Preference for advanced skills in MS Excel including VBA and macro development/usage (but not required).
• Programming experience using Visual Basic Dot.net preferred
• Statistical analysis part of daily activities. Such as process capability, probability, DOE, TOC, etc…
• Preference for advanced MS PowerPoint skills required, including custom animation usage, VBA, embedding objects, etc… (but not required)
• Strong PC and appropriate software skills required.

Key Competencies

• Major Strengths: Strong oral and written communications skills as well as collaboration and critical thinking skills.
• Exhibits leadership, problem solving and analytical skills
• Demonstrates growth in working autonomously and the development of advanced process skills
• Rapidly adapt and respond to changes in environment and priorities
• Extensive travel, up to 50% both domestic and international, will be required