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Job Description:

Spirit Electronics, a leading OEM distributor and supplier of I.C. testing and qualification services to the commercial and A&D (Aerospace and Defense) market is looking for an experienced engineering candidate for a role in our semiconductor assembly and test lab.  In this role the candidate will work with the Technical Sales Team to understand customer requirements, provide quotes and estimated times to complete specific projects or customer orders.  The company sees a variety of part types, devices and customer requirements and the candidate will be responsible for developing new processes or qualifying new materials and equipment to support them.  Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the lab equipment is being utilized efficiently, production technicians are working effectively and identifying opportunities to improve the efficiency and costs of the Lab.  Finally, the candidate will be responsible for establishing and maintaining quality standards and procedures and working together with the Quality team to pass certifications and audits. 

Responsibilities:

• Act as main point of contact for technical sales team for RFQ, Quoting, Deliverables and Cycle Time requirements.
• Hands on execution, including occasionally running the equipment, of Wafer Dicing, Die Attach, Wire Bond, Encapsulation, Lead, Trim and Form, Ball Attach, Singulation and other assembly processes.
• Manage lab resources to ensure high utilization and timely completion of work orders.
• Track, report and expedite lab work orders to ensure meeting customer committed schedules.
• Analysis of test and inspection results to provide customers with results, conclusions, and suggested follow-up actions.
• Establish new processes and equipment in the lab including installation, buy off, qualification, training and process documentation.
• Continuously improve the yields, cycle times and capabilities of assembly processes in the lab while maintaining a balance with resources and projects.
• Act as subject matter expert for the production team to keep projects and orders moving thru the lab and resolving quality and technical issues.
• Coordinate with Quality to ensure SOPs are updated and accurate, lab meets AS9000 and ISO9001 quality standards, and successfully pass customer and certification audits.
• Conduct Assembly Lab tours and act as spokesman for Spirit assembly capabilities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science or related degree. 
• 5 to 7 years of semiconductor device manufacturing experience.

• Hands on experience with all aspects of Semiconductor Assembly process, materials, and equipment.
• Specific experience with developing or implementing new assembly processes or materials.
• Familiarity with semiconductor reliability testing and standards.
• Extensive experience with Mil. Standards for EE and Semiconductor components.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with an emphasis on team building.
• Ability to work independently, yet also be a strong team-player who thrives in a dynamic work environment.
• Strong solution-focused work ethic with a high degree of flexibility supporting multiple projects of varying complexity and priority.
• Experience with MS Office Applications (Strong Excel skills) a plus
• Familiarity with JD Edwards/Oracle or other ERP software experience a plus

Position Overview

As an Electrical Test Engineer, you will develop test structures and ensure efficiency and quality of electrical equipment and systems. You will also understand the needs of the projects you’re working on, troubleshoot errors, and conduct tests and examinations, among others. You will commonly work with a variety of equipment, including but not limited to oscilloscopes, multimeters, signal generators, power supplies, etc.

Electrical test engineers use their knowledge of electronics and engineering principles to design and implement tests that verify the performance of these components and systems. This may include anything from simple checks of basic functionality to more complex evaluations of performance under various conditions or scenarios.

Essential Job Functions

• Designing test fixtures
• Bringing ideas from napkin to PCB, with schematic capture and PCB layout
• Create controlled tests
• Custom test programs
• Operate Reliability equipment and environmental chambers to include temperature cycling, XRF, CSAM, HAST and HTOL tests.
• Devise voltage Biasing and current monitoring on jobs
• Set up burn in drivers, programmed drivers and test BI Boards
• Bench test boards and hardware
• Ensure ESD and traveler compliance in the Lab.
• Oversee workflow, processes, resources, and engineering for Spirit’s in-house test lab
• Plan, implement, and monitor QMS programs and procedures in collaboration with quality team
• Drive operational improvements to support business growth while prioritizing projects and resources
• Excellent communication (written and oral), analytical and organizational skills
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with an emphasis on team building
• Creative problem-solving
• Change management
• Project management

Requirements

• Experience with electrical test of semiconductors, passives and discrete components using test equipment, bench set up rack and stack, power supplies, curve tracers, high pot testers, etc.
• Experience with MIL STD 883 screening and qualification and the process that are included in the spec ie. Temp cycle, HAST, HTRB, Burn In, 85/85, solder exchange, XRF, CSAM, PIND, etc.
• Experience with temperature stressing of parts at military specification for extended periods of time.
• Electrical characterization of parts
• Experience reading electrical data sheets for EEE components and interpreting the parameters for test
• Electronics experience. Use of Bench test apparatus, Oscilloscope, Power supplies, Logic Analyzers, Good analytical and hardware troubleshooting background.
• Experience with non-destructive testing a plus.
• Experience with Burn-in Board Drivers and programming desirable.
• Experience in Reliability stress techniques.
• Experience with National Instruments, LabVIEW a Plus.
• Experience with Mil. Std 883 and JEDEC stress tests, environmental testing and flows a must.
• Familiarity with AEC and other test standards.

Experience

• Operating Test Equipment 2 years (Required)
• Electronics component testing 2 years (Required)
• Knowledge of ISO9001 and AS9100 quality management standards
• MS Office applications (strength in EXCEL is a plus)
• 5-7 years of experience in reliability engineering
• Associates or higher in Science or Electrical Engineering preferred
• JD Edwards/Oracle or other ERP software experience

Job Description:

Spirit Electronics, a leading OEM distributor and supplier of I.C. testing and qualification services to the commercial and A&D (Aerospace and Defense) market is looking for an experienced engineering candidate for a role in our FA/DPA lab.  In this role the candidate will work with the Technical Sales Team to understand customer requirements, provide quotes and estimated times to complete the work.  The company sees a variety of parts, devices and customers and the candidate will need to be flexible and adjust to a changing environment.  Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the lab equipment is being utilized effectively and work orders are being completed on time to meet schedules.  Finally, the candidate will be responsible for establishing and maintaining quality standards and procedures and working with the Quality team to pass certifications and audits. 

Responsibilities:

• Act as main point of contact for technical sales team for RFQ, Quoting, Deliverables and Cycle Time requirements.
• Hands on execution of CSAM, X Ray, Decapsulation, Cross sectioning, SEM, EDS, Microscopic inspection, and DPA services including sample preparation.
• Manage lab resources to ensure high utilization and timely completion of work orders.
• Track, report and expedite lab work orders to ensure meeting customer committed schedules.
• Analysis of test and inspection results to provide customers with results, conclusions, and suggested follow-up actions.
• Act as subject matter expert for completed analysis and create presentations, reports, and data pack collaterals for lab work orders.
• Coordinate with Quality to ensure SOP are updated and accurate, lab meets AS9000 and ISO9001 quality standards, and successfully passes customer and certification audits.
• Conduct FA Lab tours and act as spokesman for Spirit FA capabilities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science or related degree. 
• 5 to 7 years of semiconductor device analysis experience.
• Hands on experience with Failure Analysis, Device analysis, Technology tear down, Reverse engineering, DPA tests and Construction analysis of Semiconductors, Passive and Discrete devices.
• Extensive experience with Mil. Standards for EE and Semiconductor components, especially the DPA standard MIL-STD-1580
• Ability to work independently, yet also be a strong team-player who thrives in dynamic and ever-changing work environments.
• Strong solution-focused work ethic with a high degree of flexibility supporting multiple projects of varying complexity and priority.

Position Overview

Provide excellent customer service to our customer base of Tier 1 Defense Contractors and increase sales thru contact with customers and buyers. Nurture and maintain sales/business relationships initiated by executive sales/senior account reps/inside and outside sales/product pricing specialists. Process customer orders and flow downs of critical quality requirements to our manufacturers. This position is the liaison between our customer and OEMs for the end to end order management processes. Maintain company standards involving ethical and moral character while professionally representing Spirit Electronics. Technical competency is a must; accuracy and attention to details of extensive part numbers, drawing numbers and Excel skills are mandatory.

Essential Job Functions

• Develop and maintain strong working relationship with customers
• Familiarize account base with Spirit’s customer solutions, line-card, and value-added services
• Develop customer’s opportunities and present to management
• Receive, process, and complete request for quote from customers based on customers’ needs as well as on- time delivery and accuracy of quotes
• Execution of customer sales orders and supplier purchase orders; execute change orders and expediting with supply base to ensure supplier’s and customer’s on-time delivery performance.
• Processing customer complaints through resolution and corrective action if necessary
• Monitor Spirit’s customer’s performance rating and take necessary actions to improve customer satisfaction based on performance ratings.
• Provide monthly communication and reports to customers on aged and liability inventories. Ensure that inventories are purchased by customers in a timely manner.
• Attend customer business reviews as deemed necessary and or provide documentation and support for customer business reviews
• Notification to customers of product shipment holds, obsolescence, end-of-life and product allocation
• Support of Quality Management System (QMS)

Non-essential Job Functions

• Phone coverage
• Employee training and general housekeeping
• Backup personnel in other departments as required

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with three years’ experience in distribution or Industry related experience preferred or five plus years distribution or industry related experience
• Three plus years distribution or industry related experience required
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Self starter, motivated and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills, including good written and verbal communication
• Multi-tasking in fast-paced environment
• Able to handle customer conflicts or service issues

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $13.00 to $20.00 /hour

Experience:

• Technical sales: 3 years (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

Additional Compensation:

• Bonuses

Work Location:

• One location

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance

Paid Training:

• Yes

Management:

• Team Lead

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends
• Day shift

Position Overview:

This is a full-time on-site role as a Laboratory Operations Manager in Phoenix, AZ. The Laboratory Operations Manager will oversee day-to-day laboratory operations, ensuring laboratory safety, managing laboratory equipment, conducting quality control, and overseeing operations management. Meets regularly with staff and senior management to discuss and resolve workload and technical issues.

Essential Job Functions:

• Manage the operational lab team, ensuring best practice procedures are adhered to
• Communicate key processes and objectives to employees
• Provide training and mentoring to ensure good understanding of the tasks allocated, providing constructive feedback when improvement is required
• Manage lab workload to ensure all work is carried out in an efficient and timely manner
• Oversee changes when necessary to accommodate fluctuating workloads
• Ensure Laboratory operations and systems meet and follow industry requirements and are performed to a high standard
• Contribute to and maintain ISO requirements and documented procedures to ensure all results are accurate and reliable for reporting purposes
• Provides guidance and assistance to the lab team concerning work methods, the use of equipment and techniques
• Health and Safety – be responsible for ensuring all laboratory staff are aware of identified hazards within the work area and understand the implications of not adhering to standards and procedures
• Staff performance – responsible for daily supervision of staff on shift
• Health and Safety Standards are upheld, including the wearing of PPE, hazards are identified and minimized.

Requirements:

• Laboratory Safety and Laboratory Skills
• Laboratory Equipment knowledge and experience
• Quality Control proficiency
• Operations Management skills
• Experience in managing and leading a laboratory team
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or 3-5 years of relatable work experience
• Industry knowledge
• People management: experience in managing people effectively to achieve business objectives
• Strong verbal and interpersonal skills
• self-motivated/self-managed/self-starter: Has an underlying concern for doing things better.
• Flexible/Adaptable/Resilient
• Decision making: Ability to make sound, informed decisions quickly and to take ownership of the decisions and their outcomes.
• Professional with a high degree of confidentiality and maturity with customers and employees.

Position Overview:

This is a full-time on-site role for a Planner at Spirit Electronics located in Phoenix, AZ. In this role our Planner will play a vital part in supporting operations and customer to ensure maximum production output performance. They will also be involved in fulfillment, just-in-time delivery, and supply-chain solutions. Additionally, the Planner will support wafer sort, assembly, test, and qualification processes.

Essential Job Functions:

• Experience in material planning, purchasing, and inventory management
• Ensure daily production requirements are achieved to meet customer expectations
• Knowledge of electronic component distribution and supply chain management
• Advise management on status of work in process, material availability and potential production problems to ensure that materials are available as needed
• Identify critical shortages / roadblocks
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Works with Sales Team on customer demand outlook and build long range production forecast (rolling 6 months)
• Maintains the production schedule and other reports as required
• Attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in relevant software tools and systems
• Experience in the defense or aerospace industry is a plus

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience in aerospace manufacturing or Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business or related field
• Must be able to read and interpret aerospace blueprints
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong Interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment is critical
• Apply strategic planning foresight as well as the ability to multi-task
• Exercise good judgement and maintain a high level of ethical behavior
• Willingness to get the job done
• Persistence and perseverance
• Always innovating and improving
• Strong MRP/ERP experience
• Strong attention to detail – accuracy
• Solid understanding of the significance of supply chain and operations
• Comfortable analyzing information and working through complexities
• Ability to perform several tasks concurrently with ease and professionalism
• Ability to effectively prioritize workload in a fast-paced environment

Position Overview:

Contributes to the marketing program in support of company and departmental goals, promoting the Spirit brand. As part of a team, creates and produces marketing materials, analyzes data, generates reports, communicates with all departments. Collaborates with marketing team and other key staff to create communication/marketing materials including but not limited to social media posts, ads, news articles, press releases, flyers/brochures, presentations and newsletters.

Assists in developing digital, social and web-based marketing strategies, programs and campaigns including content. Builds brand engagement, drives qualified and relevant traffic, and derives audience insights to help optimize strategies from online campaign performance. Experience with technical writing and other content creation strongly preferred.

Essential Job Functions:

• Participate in creative concept and campaign development
• Participate in strategic communications planning for marketing projects
• Work closely with marketing team to develop brand voice and strategy
• Support preparation of marketing materials from ideation to final production and delivery
• Support marketing activities through market research
• Support the execution of marketing projects, in collaboration with the rest of the marketing team, including advertising, social media, website, collateral, presentations, press releases and feature articles
• Manage multiple projects and team efforts simultaneously in an effective and efficient manner, including under tight deadlines
• Work with sales team to produce professional presentations
• Serve as administrator for company website, which includes creating, editing, updating, and organizing content and interface; proactively monitoring content and links for accuracy; and ensuring timeliness of all information
• Manage trade show scheduling, contracts and exhibit materials
• Other duties as assigned

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience planning, developing, and producing creative, high-quality and cost-effective communications for aerospace and defense engineering and manufacturing audiences using multiple media and tools (e.g., social media ads and posts, press releases, advertisements, websites, presentations).
• Demonstrated knowledge of marketing practices and principles
• Demonstrated knowledge of media placement concepts
• Demonstrated creativity in concept development
• Digital marketing experience
• Experience in strategic communication planning
• Experience managing projects and delivering on deadline
• Experience in best practices of communication and marketing methods and techniques
• Experience in oral/written/media presentation
• Experience in planning, designing and creating communication resources and media technology using various communication styles
• Video editing skills
• Photography skills

Job Level Specifications:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as applied to technical writing, articles, press releases, advertising copy, website content, correspondence, promotional presentations and other written materials
• Highly organized and creative
• Competency in WordPress
• Knowledge of SEO best practices
• Comfort with multi-tasking in a deadline-driven environment
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to work effectively within a team and independently
• Familiarity with social media, social networking, email marketing and SEO marketing
• Experience with social media management tools
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator and/or InDesign)
• Graphic design experience
• Understanding of Google Analytics and social media metrics
• Video editing a plus
• PHP experience a plus

Work Experience:

• Typically 2+ years with bachelor’s or equivalent.

Education and Certification(s):

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.