Senior Field Applications Engineer - North America at TTM… · Surprise

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 Senior Field Applications Engineer - North America is responsible for technical support to strategic OEM customer PCB design, PCB manufacturing, and PCB development activities. This position will support advanced design activities of high reliability commercial customers requiring ultra HDI and uBGAs. Activity will include driving innovative solutions across a broad base set of product technologies up to including new product and process development.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide DFM (Design for Manufacturing) and DFV (Design for Value) support to customer engineering and design teams for new designs and existing design improvement
• Support drawing reviews prior to design release and help architect drawing notes to support the specific design and manufacturing needs
• Understand and work with customers to implement HDI/uBGA product specification requirements
• Facilitate disposition of technical queries between TTM’s pre-production engineering groups at the site level and the customer
• Update customer design and manufacturing groups on TTM capabilities and technology road map through formal presentations
• Provide the manufacturing facilities insight into future customer needs, technology requirements and identify gaps in TTMs ability to support those future needs
• Assist and coordinate with TTM pre-production to create controlled impedance stack-ups
• Alignment with Strategic Account Managers in increasing customer revenue by providing technical support and service.
• Travel to customer sites to support technical discussions, issues, and key programs as required.
• Travel to TTM sites to support the design & manufacturing requirements for successful execution.
• Create and conduct technical capability presentations.
• Provide key technical inputs for annual Technology Road Mapping and TTM Strategic Planning.
• This position will interface regularly with TTM’s Sales, Product Engineering, Process Engineering, Pre-Production Engineering departments, and Operations in different global time zones.

Job Knowledge and skills:

• Have a thorough understanding of TTM manufacturing, design and value add capabilities to support QTA/NPI/Production Manufacturing.
• Ability to establish contacts and build relationships with customers engineering groups to drive improved communication and partnership.
• Strong engineering background and knowledge of entire PCB manufacturing process including; manufacturing flows, process engineering steps, and pre-production tooling needs.
• Advance knowledge of HDI & uBGA technologies, along with small micro-via stacking.
• Advance process engineering skills for development and IRAD activities.
• PLCM implementation and execution for applicable IRAD and/or franchise program readiness.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to work well with customer design groups.
• Effective public speaking and presentation skills.
• Strong Project and Program management skills.
• Self-motivated and willing to work with minimum supervision.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or related discipline preferred
• 10+ years of experience in advance engineering activities related to PCB industry
• Intermediate level skills using Valor or Genesis
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Travel for customer visits and TTM North American and Asia sites required up to 20% of the time

Additional Job Description

• Acknowledged within group as a subject matter expert. • Applies high level of technical competence to solve problems. • Helps define siloed technical strategy; contributes to organization’s technical direction. • Follows technical/business processes; Identifies areas for improvement. • Helps lead/coordinate extremely complex technical projects/ programs. • Identifies and helps prevent/ solve problems within group. • Identifies risks, generates, recommends, and implements solutions. • Meets objectives with minimal direction and supervision. • Uses discretion to fully scope, design and implement solutions to complex technical problems. • Formally leads and mentors others. • Typically expects 10+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s; 10+ years of experience with a Master’s degree. #LI-EC1

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.