POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Wire Bonding is the technical owner of Advanced Energy's wire bonding processes, equipment, and related manufacturing technologies. This role is responsible for developing, optimizing, and sustaining wire bonding operations used in the manufacture of advanced power electronics products. The engineer will drive yield improvements, process capability, equipment performance, and continuous improvement initiatives while partnering closely with operations, quality, and product engineering teams across multiple global business units. This role directly supports the manufacture of advanced power conversion technologies used in semiconductor, industrial, healthcare, and critical infrastructure applications worldwide.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists with line capacity planning and drives yield improvements in collaboration with management and engineering teams across three global business units (BUs)
• Investigates daily production issues and leads efforts to improve yield, enhance product quality, and reduce manufacturing costs
• Estimates manufacturing costs, determines time standards, and makes recommendations for tooling and process requirements
• Develops corrective actions based on product quality feedback and monitors implementation for effectiveness
• Drives continuous improvement projects to elevate product performance in manufacturing
• Performs preventative maintenance on manufacturing equipment
• Creates and modifies manufacturing process documentation
• Takes ownership of documentation related to the business unit within AE's Quality Management System (QMS), including document creation, revision, and obsolescence through Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
• Implements manufacturing best practices and continuous improvement initiatives to increase production efficiency and effectiveness
• Analyzes work content for distribution to work centers and capacity requirements
• Recommends and implements process improvements that support manufacturing excellence
• Assists product design teams to drive designs that meet all cost and quality goals
  • Reviews product requirements with design staff to ensure compatibility with processing methods
  • Performs Design for Manufacturability analysis on new products
• Provides technical guidance and training to operators and technicians on manufacturability, process controls, and implementation of process improvements
• Owns all aspects of the wire bonding process, including equipment programming, process development, troubleshooting, maintenance, qualification, and continuous improvement across multiple wire bonding systems
• Owns training and qualification activities related to wire bonding processes and equipment
  
  • Collaborates with global business units to communicate process requirements, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• ISO 7 (Class 10,000) cleanroom manufacturing environment approximately 75% of the time
• Electronic test environment to include high voltage test stands and ancillary equipment
• Standard office environment utilizing standard office equipment

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Comfortable working with various manufacturing and electronics tools: vacuum reflow ovens, wire bonders, solder printers, and EFDs
• Demonstrated hands-on experience owning or supporting wire bonding processes for Integrated Power Electronics Modules (IPEM) in electronics, semiconductor, or automotive manufacturing environments
• Ability to design fixtures for soldering and wire bonding
• Ability to design, execute, and manage multiple small-scale Design of Experiments (DOEs) concurrently
• Proficient in 8 disciplines of problem solving (8D) analysis
• Demonstrated ability to design and test within the tooling feedback cycle
• Robust knowledge of SolidWorks required
• Ability to demonstrate good judgment in selecting best practice methods and techniques for manufacturing
• Demonstrated expertise in manufacturing engineering principles, industry best practices, and continuous improvement methodologies
• Knowledge of IPC-610 standards
• Understanding of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protocols
• Ability to solve complex technical problems independently
• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
• Demonstrated interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills across all levels of the organization

EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in electronics manufacturing, preferably within a microelectronics, semiconductor, or power electronics production environment
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing automated wire bonding equipment
• Experience owning or supporting wire bonding processes, equipment, and process optimization
• Experience working with solder alloys, adhesives, encapsulants, and aluminum wire
• Experience with soldering, encapsulant, and adhesive processes and equipment
• Experience applying process capability index (Cpk) and statistical process control (SPC) methodologies during DOE development and execution
• Experience influencing and negotiating in complex situations
• Cleanroom experience preferred

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

COMPENSATION:

As required by multiple state pay transparency laws, Advanced Energy provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job posting. Actual compensation is influenced by an array of factors including, but not limited to, skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. The range of starting pay for this role is $100,000 to $130,000 per year.

BENEFITS:

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce. Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan for eligible positions, and a discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate. In the U.S., we offer a rich benefits package that includes:

• Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays
• 8 hours of paid volunteer time off
• 8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads
• Company matched 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
• Other voluntary benefits include critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identify theft, and legal assistance