Senior level manufacturing engineer supporting New Product Introduction, New Product Development, sustaining production and transfer released designs to production and other Sanmina sites as required for assigned projects. Sr. Mfg Engineer will be the primary technical interface with customers and internal Sanmina team on assigned projects. Interface with R&D, program management and other cross-functional team members as part of the NPI team. Provide Technical project leadership support to Program Management to generate a Project plan with timeline to ensure customer expectations are met. Perform DFx and VAVE on assigned projects, identify and develop tooling, fixtures and non-standard manufacturing processes to ensure customer requirements are met. Develop PFMEA, Work Instructions, Line Layout and setup with heavy emphasis on LEAN manufacturing principles.

Nature of Duties/Responsibilities

New Product Development

Be the operations project lead that can represent manufacturing, procurement, planning & logistics in addition to manufacturing engineering in NPI core team meetings. Lead manufacturing engineering support for new product development activities, interface with R&D to translate design requirements to manufacturable processes. Provide DFM/DFA feedback based on early prototype builds to achieve consistent manufacturable processes. Lead the transfer of design changes from design engineering to manufacturing. Conduct IQ/OQ/PQ and/or other similar qualification and oversee verification and validation of new designs or changed processes, assembly & test fixtures Hands on knowledge of creating process flowcharts, PFMEA & Process Control plans. Develops supports, maintains, and improves assembly/test procedures, tools, and programs for existing processes, electro-mechanical assemblies, and final products. Ability to conceptualize, design and develop test and assembly fixtures for electro-mechanical sub-assemblies. Interface with key/critical suppliers, review their processes to ensure smooth product launch. Communicate changes to manufacturing personnel. Assure unique training requirements are met. May be assigned to a newly acquired site or contract manufacturer to gain process knowledge to support and/or transfer knowledge to a different internal site and/or supplier. Ability to travel up to 20%.

Sustaining Product Support

Ability to troubleshoot issues with mechanical components (cast, machined, molded, sheet metal etc.), motors, cable harnesses, PCB(A)s and other electro-mechanical components and sub-assemblies. Performs root cause analysis & recommends corrective actions to address manufacturing issues. Continuously work to improve manufacturing methods, efficiency and product quality. Practice LEAN techniques and be able to facilitate lean kaizens. Accountable for maintenance of process documentation & KPI(s) for the assigned product line(s). Work closely with production supervision to ensure timely resolution of daily issues. Work closely with operations teams such as procurement, quality control, planning and logistics. Interface with suppliers and quality engineering to resolve supplier quality issues. Monitor quality reports and field performance of assigned product line, identify trends, investigate problems and implement corrective actions. Actively supports and adheres to the Quality Policy and Quality System procedures. Ability to effectively communicate with hourly team members, mid and upper management. Other duties related to above may be required.

Education and Experience

·         Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.

·         8 years of related experience industrial engineering experience and manufacturing.

·         Be good at reworking parts with very small features

·         Ability to design, develop, implement and improve integrated systems that included people, materials, information, equipment and cost.

·         Capable of performing root cause analysis to determine cause and solutions to various technical manufacturing issues.

·         Product costing knowledge and ability to identify opportunities for cost reduction.

·         Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Project, Database software/Access, Excel, and Word software.

·         This position requires and intermediate to advanced skill level

Balance Staffing is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.

Balance Staffing is hiring an Optical Technician for our client in Newark, CA.

A rapidly growing biotechnology startup is seeking a talented and motivated technician, engineer, or physicist to be part of our Optics Manufacturing Team. This person will play an important role in the deployment and commercialization of technology and products that will have a major impact on the medical and life sciences fields!

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate in the development of manufacturing instructions from predefined methods and drawings to assemble, align, optimize and test optical components, assemblies, and sub-systems

• Suggest method and procedure improvements to facilitate the manufacturing process to ensure efficient and consistent production quality

• In collaboration with manufacturing engineering and R&D, build, align, and test prototypes and production optical systems, and sub-systems (as spare parts)

• Collect measurements and other critical information during builds and test

• Identify opportunities for method, costs, quality, and reliability improvements

The successful candidate will have:

• Desire to learn complex optical concepts and apply them during assembly, alignment, and test processes

• Strong problem solving, validation and characterization skills; ability and willingness to adapt quickly to new challenges in a fast-paced environment

• An understanding of the basic fundamentals in physics, optics, electronics and programming

• Familiarity with common optical test equipment such as power meters, spectrometers, beam profilers, etc.

• Experience building, aligning, and testing complex optical systems

• Willingness to learn the above through on the job training and/or self-study

• Hands on experience with optical alignment

Qualifications:

• Associate degree or Bachelor’s degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, or Electrical Engineering is preferred but experience will be taken into consideration

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Collaborative attitude and eagerness to work on a highly multi-disciplinary team

• 2 years of relevant experience in manufacturing of complex optical assemblies

NUMBER OF OPENINGS: 1

SHIFT: DAY

Balance Staffing is seeking to hire a PCB Manufacturing Engineer to support our client in San Jose, CA. Our client is the fast-growing segment in the global Electronics Manufacturing Services market. They provide end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering superior quality and support to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) primarily in the communications networks, defense and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor systems, medical, multimedia, computing and storage, automotive and clean technology sectors.

We are looking for motivated, energetic, and detail-oriented individuals to join our growing team.

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment? Do you enjoy working in a team environment?

This is the opportunity for you!

Job Responsibilities:

• Providing engineering support for Overseeing material, and equipment resources to meet production schedules.
• Monitoring production and quality performance to meet production and quality goals.
• Working with other departments such as Production Management, Quality Assurance, and Facilities to obtain the necessary support to meet production and quality objectives.
• Preparing training plans, coaching documents, and other written tools for the development of employees.
• Implementing statistical process control (SPC), lean manufacturing, and team building to improve the production and quality performance of these manufacturing areas.

Education and Experience:

• 1-2 years previous experience in printed circuit board fabrication, although not necessary, is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical engineering or Chemical engineering
• Six Sigma and Lean processes
• Excellent communication skills
• Must interface well with customers.

We are hiring a Master Planning & Scheduling Manager for our client in Newark, CA.

This position will be reporting to the Plant Manager of the plant, the Master Planning & Scheduling Manager will play an integral part in aligning the production and material supply chain with the manufacturing and customer fulfillment requirements. The responsibilities include managing the on-going performance and continuous improvement of the processes and support of the processes. Responsible for managing the on-going performance and continuous improvement for our site suppliers and the planning and purchasing of such supplier provided materials.

Education & Experience:

·        Minimum 8 years of manufacturing management experience.BS degree or higher preferred in Manufacturing Planning Management or other related discipline.

·        Successful experience in a fast paced, multitasking environment required.

·        Microsoft Office, and/or advanced Excel skills a plus

This is an ITAR facility and applicant must be a US Citizen or a lawful permanent resident.

Balance Staffing is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.

Balance Staffing is seeking CAM Operators to support a client located in San Jose, CA. Client is a major semiconductor manufacturer that supports communication networks, aerospace, and defense. Do you have strong attention to detail? Do you enjoy working with your hands? This is the opportunity for you!

JOB SUMMARY:

-Develops and prepares multi-dimensional layouts and detailed drawings of the semiconductor devices from schematics and related geometry provided by design engineering. Work may be completed through use of CAD or other computerized equipment. 

-Checks dimensions, writes specifications, and verifies completed drawings, artwork or digitized plots. 

-May check design layouts and detailed drawings.

-Using Valor Genesis employee will Download, analyze and edit customer supplied data in order to create tools for manufacturing circuit boards. 

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

-College education with emphasis on Programming/Computer Science preferred.

-Minimum of 2 years of experience as a CAM Operator in a Printed Circuit manufacturing environment is preferred 

Balance Staffing is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.

Balance Staffing is hiring a Manufacturing Engineer for our client in Watsonville, CA.

• Designs, integrates, and improves manufacturing systems or related processes.

Responsibilities include:

• Identifies opportunities to improve products or reduce costs.

• Determines root cause of failures and recommends change in designs, tolerances, or processing methods.

• Incorporates new methods and processes to improve existing operations.

• Troubleshoots new or existing product problems involving design, material, or process.

• Review’s product designs for manufacturability or completeness.

• Works with production personnel in all aspects of manufacturing

• Communicates manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, or other information to facilitate production processes.

• Designs, installs, or troubleshoots manufacturing equipment.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Balance Staffing is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.

Balance Staffing is hiring a Lab Technician/Research Associate (Nucleotide) for our client in Newark, CA.

Job Description

Join an outstanding team of scientists and engineers in the development and commercialization of products that will unleash the next transformation of genomics! The successful candidate will play a supporting role in the manufacturing of our company’s core consumable products. The successful candidate combines a positive attitude, enthusiasm to learn and operate modern laboratory instrumentation/equipment, record observed results, and take responsibility for completion of work.

Responsibilities

• Operation and maintenance of laboratory instruments (training will be provided), such as: automated purification equipment (Prep-LC), distillation equipment (rotovap), benchtop pH meter, balance, controlled-temperature baths, freeze-dryers (lyophilizer), HPLC, mass spectrometer, etc...

• Purification and characterization of nucleotides and other products.

• Maintain inventory of bulk solvents and chemicals, purchase supplies, and coordinate the disposal of solvent waste.

• Preparation of aqueous buffers and reagents needed for manufacturing.

• Keeping logs and recording of results.

• Assist scientists in daily activities.

Requirements:

• B.S. Chemistry/related discipline (0-2 years of laboratory experience), or High School/GED Graduate (> 3 years laboratory/manufacturing or related experience).

• Willingness to learn the operation and upkeep of modern process equipment and techniques used in genomics (Training will be provided).

• Ability to troubleshoot and maintain mechanical equipment.

• Excellent reliability, time management, communication, and people skills are a must.

• Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.

• Strong sense of urgency, can-do attitude, reliability, and teamwork.

Preferences (desired but not required):

• Familiarity with MSDS, industrial solvents, and process manufacturing.

• Experienced with distillation-type equipment (rotovap), purification by chromatography (Prep-LC), pH meter, balances, micropipette and other volume measuring devices, and freeze driers.

Job Purpose:This role is primarily responsible for inspecting machined parts with the use of a CMM in the Quality Lab. You will be responsible for selecting the inspection methodologies and verifying acceptance criteria. You will provide assistance to the operators, machinists, and quality engineers for line-side inspection of CNC machined components, as well as first piece inspections, in-process inspection, final inspections, and first article inspections.

Nature of Duties:

• Operating and/or programming CMMs, measures dimensions, using precision instruments, basic inspection tools, micrometer, calipers, height gauges, optical comparator, pin gauges, etc., ensure product meets specifications/drawings.
• Calibrate basic inspection tools and maintain accurate calibration records in database.
• Read and interpret manufacturing drawings and able to perform dimensional & physical inspection of mechanical parts.
• Develop inspection reports for new products, first piece, in-process and final inspection of machined features at the completed router operations to ensure conformance to specifications/drawings.
• Report findings to Machinists, Supervisors and Management.
• Solve for unknown values, using knowledge of algebra, trigonometry, or geometry of basic shop math.
• Initiate reject tags, discrepancy reports and inspection reports in accordance with company approved plans & procedures.

Education and Experience:

• Associates Degree in manufacturing, machining, Quality Control/Quality Assurance or equivalent
• Minimum three (3) years in manufacturing/CNC machining, or equivalent, or experience in quality inspection in a CNC manufacturing environment or related field
• Ability to calibrate basic inspection tools and maintain accurate calibration records in database.
• Ability to correctly read and interpret engineering drawings and able to perform dimensional & physical inspection of mechanical parts

Job Summary:

• Performs electrical or mechanical troubleshooting to determine problems in non-functioning electro-mechanical equipment used in the manufacturing process.

• Dismantles, adjusts, repairs and assembles equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, operating or repair manuals, rough sketches or drawings.

• Uses test and diagnostic equipment to perform checkouts.

• Rebuilds manufacturing equipment as required.

• Maintain production equipment in a manner that meets company standards and ensures minimum equipment downtime

• Familiar with PCBA manufacturing equipment, being able to understand and utilize manufacturer user manuals for troubleshooting and preventive maintenance work

• Hands on knowledge of the SMT equipment, paste printing, pick-n-place (Fuji preferred), feeders, re-flow ovens, wave soldering machines and other machines used for PCBA processing

• Maintain preventive maintenance records for equipment

• Support production with set up of some of the machines

Job Requirements:

• 5-6 years of relevant experience

• Perform preventative maintenance on various types of SMT, 2nd opt and 3rd opt equipment.

• SMT machines and mechanical equipment debug experience a must.

• Strong math skills, including metric and standard measuring systems.

• Knowledge of Fuji equipment.

• Troubleshooting, repairs of equipment using schematics or drawing required.

• Able to perform electrical and mechanical troubleshooting to determine problems.

• Associate Degree preferred.

Balance Staffing is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.

Balance Staffing is seeking to hire a CNC Machinist for a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving the fastest-growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market.

Location: Newark, CA.

SHIFT: 2nd

PAY: $30.00 - $38.00 (Plus 10% shift differential)

Balance Staffing is looking to fill several openings for seasoned CNC Machinists to support our client located in Newark facilities. Our client is a contract manufacturer that provides medium to large-format precision parts, and/or enclosures to the Aerospace, Semiconductor, and Capital Equipment industries. We have several openings for Day and Swing. These positions are Direct Hires with full benefit offerings.

The ideal candidate for this position will have good attendance, a strong work ethic, and be able to work independently. As a key member of the team, the person would be required to have flexibility in the work schedule. You must be a solid team player with a good attitude and general flexibility to adapt to a changing environment.

JOB DUTIES:

• Work includes assignment planning, layout, set up, operating, and making tool adjustments for various types of manual, numerically controlled, and computerized machine shop equipment as needed.
• Works from blueprints, process sheets, and sketches to perform production tasks, which may include the cutting and shaping of metal to precision dimensions (GD&T)
• Work includes, set up, and operating CNC Horizontal mill to produce stainless steel, aluminum, and/or titanium parts/enclosures in 3, 4 & 5 axis machines.
• Perform tasks that require considerable judgment and initiative.
• Perform in-process inspection
• Understand the manufacturing process and make suggestions for improvements. Communicate and work with programming to understand the manufacturing process.

REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience with mill/lathe/CNC
• Must have a full understanding of blueprints and GD&T
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to work a flexible work schedule including some weekends and overtime as needed.
• Must successfully complete all applicable pre-employment screenings. i.e., background check, drug screening, physical and/or employment verification as required, etc.
• This is an ITAR facility and the applicant must be a US Citizen or a lawful permanent resident.

Balance Staffing is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.