Flex

Equipment Maintenance Engineer

Flex$86K — $118K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate's Degree or equivalent experience required, Bachelor's degree preferred
  • Minimum of 3+ years of industry work experience in manufacturing (e.g., automotive, electronics, or medical device)
  • Ability to manage direct projects based on business initiatives and customer needs
  • Experience in an electronic manufacturing environment, specifically SMT, PTH & PCBA
  • Intermediate English communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Knowledge in preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance
  • Experience with automatic component insertion machines

Responsibilities

  • Calibrate equipment to ensure accuracy and repeatability
  • Troubleshoot equipment failures and coordinate repairs to minimize production downtime
  • Support installation and qualification of new equipment
  • Drive improvements in uptime, quality, throughput, and maintenance costs
  • Respond to equipment breakdowns immediately
  • Stay updated on production plans and their progress
  • Perform preventive maintenance as scheduled

Benefits

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Matching 401(k) contributions
  • Vacation and paid sick time
  • Tuition reimbursement
Full Job Description
Job Summary:

The Equipment Mainenance Engineer will be based in Milpitas, California reporting to Equipment Engineering Manager.

The Equipment Mainenance Engineer supports critical manufacturing operations and product lines by maintaining and improving production equipment performance, enabling operational excellence, product quality, and business growth.

What a typical day looks like:
  • Check and calibrate equipment and ensure it is repeatable and accurate.
  • Troubleshoot equipment failures and coordinate repairs to minimize production downtime.
  • Support installation, qualification, and ramp-up of new equipment.
  • Achieve sustained improvements in uptime, quality, throughput, and maintenance costs Install new equipment.
  • Respond immediately to equipment breakdowns.
  • Keep informed of production plans and progress of the plan.
  • Work on mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic or computer systems.
    • Mechanical: Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment such as conveyor systems and production machines and equipment.
    • Electrical: Maintains and troubleshoots in-circuit and functional testers, associated test fixtures, stress chambers and chamber racks to ensure manufacturing test equipment is on-line.
  • Performs preventive maintenance at specified intervals and schedules.


The experience we're looking to add to our team,
  • Associate's Degree or equivalent experience required, Bachelor's degree preferred
  • Minimum of 3+ years of industry work experience from manufacturing companies (automotive, electronics or medical device, or similar).
  • Must be able to guide direct projects based on business initiatives and customer needs.
  • Experience in similar position in electronic manufacturing environment.
  • Intermediate English communication skills (verbal and Written).
  • Experience in SMT, PTH & PCBA.
  • Knowledge in preventive, corrective and predictive maintenance.
  • Experience in automatic component insertion machines.
  • Travel 5-10%


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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement


Application Deadline:

Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.
Job Posting Start Date 08-26-2026 Job Posting End Date 10-26-2026
The base pay range for this position is provided below. The final base rate offered will be determined using job-related, non-discriminatory criteria, including but not limited to experience, qualifications, geographic location, education, external market data, and internal equity.
$86,100.00 USD - $118,400.00 USD Annual

Job Category
Operations

Is Sponsorship Available?
No

About Flex

Flex Ltd. is an American Singaporean-domiciled multinational electronics contract manufacturer. It is the third largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturer (ODM) company by revenue, behind only Pegatron for what concerns original equipment manufacturers. Flex has manufacturing operations in over 30 countries, totaling approximately 200,000 employees.
Learn more about Flex
Size
172,648 employees
Market Cap
$9.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$421 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+1.8%
Revenue
$23.3 billion
NASDAQ

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