NPI Engineer - ATC at TTM Technologies in Chippewa Falls, WI

NPI Engineer - ATC

Location: Chippewa Falls, WI

TTM Technologies, Inc. – Publicly Traded US Company, NASDAQ (TTMI) – Top-5 Global Printed Circuit Board Manufacturer

About TTM

TTM Technologies, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of technology products, including mission systems, radio frequency (“RF”) components, RF microwave/microelectronic assemblies, and technologically advanced printed circuit boards (“PCB”s). TTM stands for time-to-market, representing how TTM's time-critical, one-stop design, engineering and manufacturing services enable customers to reduce the time required to develop new products and bring them to market.

Additional information can be found at www.ttm.com

The ATC NPI Engineer is responsible for ensuring successful launch of New Product coming into Chippewa Falls. Oversees all aspects of the NPI builds and serve as a process resource prior to release and when the product is processing on the floor.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The NPI Engineer will interface closely with the Director of Operations, TTM sales, FEE and Process Engineering to identify potential barriers to manufacturability by understanding the customer’s end application of the product and TTM’s capabilities by coordinating required actions to minimize impact to meeting production timing, quality and cost targets.
• The NPI Engineer at ATC will work closely with material vendors on solutions and drive experimentations to develop processes using new materials.
• Display the capability to recognize potential cost concerns that can be communicated accordingly to the Quote Team
• The individual will attend all DFM meetings as an active participant. Recognize and suggest for improvement processing concerns to avoid potential risks to the product.
• Support site Processing Engineering on technical issues and process holds.
• Support Process Engineering and Quality Engineering on NCR’s and yield solution
• Support customer calls as needed.
• Drive Technical and Production readiness review prior to releasing volume production.
• Drive Capability at ATC to ensure we stay on track to technology roadmap.
• Monitor and manage new products through all stages of ideation, design, development and production ramp-up.
• Create robust project action plans, utilizing appropriate software for tracking timelines and assignments to satisfactorily meet customer expectations.

• Provide customer-focused input on CF-ATC Technology Roadmap and process capabilities to ATC Director of Operations and Substrate Director of Engineering.
  • When necessary, create a technical presentation that can be communicated to higher levels of the organization as it relates to the manufacturing of the Substrate or Substrate like PCB.
  • Identify gaps between project performance and desired results, proactively working towards problem resolution with all parties.
• Working with site FEE team, evaluate high-risk customer designs and stack-ups, coordinate testing to validate reliability of designs and stack-ups and provide logical feedback to customers with proposed solutions to mitigate risk.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with TTM’s Field Application Engineers and customers’ technical contacts.
• Drive profitability through proposals for product differentiation based upon IC Substrate/PCB knowledge, CF-ATC capabilities and customer needs.
• Analyze customer designs for manufacturability and propose changes to affect improvements in cost, quality and/or lead-time.
• Maintain knowledge of state-of-the-art industry technologies as related to TTM-ATC technology production strengths.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Solid knowledge of the entire IC Substrate/PCB manufacturing process, including initial process flows, individual production and processing steps, and required tooling.
• Strong negotiation skills and the demonstrated ability to drive indirect reports toward project goals.
• Strong project management skills with demonstrated ability to break down complex projects into clear action plans.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and issues to non-PCB industry professionals and verify understanding.
• Thorough understanding of TTM-ATC manufacturing capabilities and technologies is preferred.
• Awareness of material attributes and processing concerns and capable of communicating with customers
• Strong written and oral communication skills to effectively work with customers design teams
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision

Desired Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or related discipline preferred
• 10+ years of experience in engineering and production activities related to IC Substrate/PCB industry is preferred
• Intermediate level drawing / blueprint interpretation skills is preferred
• Experience in more than one functional production area is preferred
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite is preferred

Compensation and Benefits:

TTM offers a variety of health and well-being benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, 401K, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, accident benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid vacation & holidays. Benefits are available 1st of the month following date of hire.

Compensation for roles at TTM Technologies varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by local law, TTM provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in New York, California and Colorado. For California-based roles, compensation ranges are based upon specific physical locations.

Export Statement:
Must comply with TTM Export Control Policies and Procedures and all applicable laws including ITAR, EAR and OFAC including but not limited to: a) being able to identify ITAR product on the manufacturing floor and understand that access to these products and related technical data is restricted to only US Citizens and US Permanent Residents; b) recognition of Foreign Person visitors by badge differentiation; c) understand and follow authorization procedures for bringing foreign visitors into facilities (VAL); d) understand the Export and ITAR requirements for shipments leaving the US; e) manage vendor approvals for ITAR manufacturing and services.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.