Principal Engineering Services Engineer - Equipment

Locations: Richardson, TX; Bryan Dairy, FL; San Jose, CA; Memphis, TN; St. Petersburg, FL; and Salt Lake City, UT.

About the role

Equipment Engineers and Technicians with the technical capability and autonomy to support, maintain, and solve complex equipment problems. The goal is to ensure manufacturing equipment consistently meets required process, quality, capacity, and production performance. Equipment should be maintained at original factory specifications and validated operating conditions without performance degradation, operating consistently during production with reduced failures, variation, and performance degradation. Sites should have the technical capability, resources, spare parts, documentation, and support required to restore equipment quickly and effectively after failures or degradation.

Responsibilities

• Provide required Equipment Engineering technical knowledge and expertise across sites.
• Ensure equipment capability meets product and manufacturing requirements.
• Define proper operating and physical conditions for each piece of equipment.
• Clearly define critical equipment activities during production.
• Implement Equipment Recovery and Technical Support System across sites.
• Maintain equipment baselines, calibration standards, critical parameter limits, and machine condition requirements.
• Conduct capability checks, wear limits, restoration criteria, and periodic verification against the validated baseline.
• Use standardized checklists, equipment monitoring, critical parameter verification, inspections, and validation of equipment conditions during production.
• Apply troubleshooting standards, diagnostic tools, critical spare-parts strategy, technical documentation, escalation paths, OEM and supplier support, failure analysis, repair procedures, restoration standards, and MTTR reduction practices.

Requirements

Through structured technical training, hands-on coaching, equipment-specific qualification, troubleshooting on real failures, OEM knowledge transfer, technical documentation, and competency validation.

• Equipment specifications, capability requirements, technical acceptance criteria, equipment qualification, process capability validation, capacity verification, performance testing, and technical approval before production use.
• Equipment baselines, calibration standards, critical parameter limits, machine condition requirements, capability checks, wear limits, restoration criteria, and periodic verification against the validated baseline.
• Standardized checklists, equipment monitoring, critical parameter verification, inspections, and validation of equipment conditions during production.
• Troubleshooting standards, diagnostic tools, critical spare-parts strategy, technical documentation, escalation paths, OEM and supplier support, failure analysis, repair procedures, restoration standards, and MTTR reduction practices.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience.

Experience: Minimum 7 years of engineering experience in electronics manufacturing, with significant hands-on experience in Manufacturing Process Engineering and at least 2 years of experience as a Lead Engineer or in an equivalent technical leadership role.

Skills

• Equipment Technology Expertise: Solder Paste Printers, SPI, Pick & Place, Reflow Ovens, AOI, X-Ray, Wave Soldering, Selective Soldering, Press-Fit, Routing/Depaneling, Dispensing & Conformal Coating, Cleaning/Washing Systems, Takaya/Flying Probe, Conveyors, FIFO, and Material Handling equipment.
• Equipment Technical Fundamentals: Mechanical systems, electrical systems, electronics, pneumatics, hydraulics, PLCs, sensors, actuators, servos, motion systems, machine controls, interfaces, and automation fundamentals required to understand and diagnose manufacturing equipment.
• Maintenance & Reliability Engineering: TPM, Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, Condition-Based Maintenance, equipment calibration, equipment baselines, wear limits, equipment condition control, maintenance standards, maintenance frequencies, and reliability practices.
• Equipment Troubleshooting & Recovery: Advanced troubleshooting, equipment diagnostics, failure analysis, root-cause identification, equipment repair, restoration, technical escalation, diagnostic tools, critical spare parts, technical documentation, OEM/vendor technical support, and equipment recovery.
• Equipment Industrialization & Lifecycle: Equipment technical requirements, equipment selection, installation, Facilities integration, utilities requirements, equipment qualification, capability validation, capacity verification, technical acceptance, setup, model changeover, production readiness, ramp-up, and equipment lifecycle considerations.
• Equipment Performance & Analytics: OEE, MTBF, MTTR, downtime, breakdown rate, availability, equipment performance, reliability metrics, data analysis, loss analysis, trend analysis, condition monitoring, creation of new equipment metrics, and development of monitoring systems when existing metrics are insufficient.
• Equipment Technical Leadership: Advanced regional technical support, technical direction, coordination across sites, technical standards, knowledge transfer, coaching, equipment-specific qualification, OEM/supplier technical coordination, escalation management, and deployment of technical knowledge and solutions across multiple sites.

Preferred Qualifications

• NPI & Industrialization: Experience supporting equipment selection, installation, qualification, manufacturing readiness, ramp-up, and stable production.
• Equipment Excellence: Experience implementing TPM, preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment condition control, reliability improvement, and equipment performance systems.
• Manufacturing Excellence: Experience improving equipment utilization, cycle time, changeover, productivity, capacity, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Advanced Technology: Experience deploying equipment automation, Digital Factory, condition monitoring, predictive technologies, and equipment analytics solutions.
• Facilities & Equipment Integration: Experience coordinating equipment installations with Facilities, including utilities, infrastructure requirements, equipment layout, and installation readiness.
• Regional Deployment: Experience developing, standardizing, and replicating equipment engineering solutions and practices across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Business & Margin: Proven experience delivering measurable improvements in OEE, uptime, MTBF, MTTR, downtime, productivity, capacity, cost, and margin.
• Technical Ecosystem: Experience working with equipment OEMs, suppliers, Facilities, Operations, Process Engineering, customers, and technology partners to resolve equipment challenges and deploy solutions.
• Technical Leadership: Experience developing, mentoring, and transferring technical knowledge to Equipment Engineers, Technicians, and technical experts.

Pay

The pay range for this role is $156,400 - $281,500. Job-related, non-discriminatory factors used to determine the actual offered rate include qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and consideration of internal equity.

Benefits

• Short-term incentive based on performance.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• 401(k) retirement plan and employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid time off.