Process Engineer

Job title: PCB Process Engineer

Location: Rochester

Salary: £34,000 to £42,000 depending on experience

What you'll be doing:

• Ensuring the technical data required for the creation of the product (machine programs, BOMs, technical instruction) are in place and at the required configuration and standard

• Liaising with projects and the PCB team leader to schedule change request implementation in support of production requirements

• Assigning production manufacturing times to build assemblies

• Working with a team of PCB Process Engineers to create routings, author assembly instructions and supporting manufacturing processes across prototypes, development and production

• Complete FAIs (First Article Inspections) where required

• Initiating and supporting continuous process improvement efforts to benefit time, cost and quality

• Generating metrics to illustrate performance

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant engineering or manufacturing discipline

• Experience of using and manipulating drawing and material data

• Ability to interpret drawing sets into manufacturing instructions

• Root cause capability to investigate manufacturing issues that arise during assembly

Desirable:

• IPC-600, IPC610 and IPC-2581 Qualified

• Experience of working within a PCBA Manufacturing environment including: SMT, Vapour Phase/Convection Reflow, Wave Solder, Selective Solder, Manual Assembly, Conformal Coating or PCBA Test processes

• Working within an EN9100 / AS9145 compliant environment

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The PCBA team:

PCBA Process Engineers provide subject matter expertise for one or more manufacturing processes. You will work alongside Hardware Engineers and other Process Engineers to support the design, development, manufacture and rework of PCBA's across multiple projects and all phases of the lifecycle. You will work closely with the shop floor and the equipment used in the manufacture of PCBAs to help ensure the product can be repeatedly and consistently manufactured to the correct quality, delivery time and cost.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 3rd April 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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