SMT Process Engineer
Neros Technologies · Torrance, CA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Base pay
- $116k–$162k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Neros Technologies (aerospace & defense) in Torrance, CA. You will be responsible for defining and controlling processes in a fast-paced, high-volume PCB assembly environment.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, SPC, CAPA, Tooling
- Base pay
- $116k–$162k
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How this role compares
Against 77 other live process postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 6% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $124k–$171k, from 45 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 47%
- Team leadership 27%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 24%
- DOE 24%
- ✓ SPC 22%
- ✓ New product launch 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for CAPA, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Process team at Neros Technologies
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- 2
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- 3
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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This plant: Neros Technologies in Torrance
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Full description from Neros TechnologiesAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
What you will be doing
As an SMT Process Engineer, you will be responsible for defining and controlling processes in a fast-paced, high-volume PCB assembly environment. Your day-to-day will consist of providing front-line support to technicians and operators, while working to reduce scrap rates and implementing corrective and preventive measures.
In this highly dynamic role, you will have the opportunity to work with the best-in-class assembly equipment. This role will own NPI, equipment programming, process development, and play a critical role in providing DFM feedback to the Neros' Design Engineering team.
Responsibilities
- ◆Programming equipment used in the automated assembly of high-density PCBAs, including but not limited to screen printers, pick and place, reflow ovens, and inspection systems
- ◆Specify and order tooling, including stencils
- ◆Develop and maintain quality plans, SOPs, and other process documentation, as well as provide training to the operational staff
- ◆Provide front-line support to day-to-day operations of the SMT line(s) by fixing line defects, reducing scrap rates, and implementing CAPA
- ◆Provide DFM feedback to engineering regarding designs and support scale up from prototype to NPI to high-volume production builds
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Who we are
Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America’s drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.
As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We’re hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.
You should have the following
- •Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field
- •5+ years of experience directly supporting SMT PCBA assembly in a highly automated environment
- •Knowledge of SPC, and DFM experience related to SMT and thru hole PCBAs
- •Clear understanding of IPC-A-610, and J-STD-001
Nice to have
- +Lean Six Sigma certification
- +Experience qualifying new capital equipment
- +Experience auditing raw material suppliers (solder paste, PWBs)
- +J-STD-001 certified trainer
- +Knowledge in operating, planar 3D, or CT scanner
$115,500 - $162,000 USD