SMT Engineer

The SMT Engineer is responsible for developing, improving, and sustaining manufacturing processes across Titan Circuits’ high-mix PCB assembly environment.

This role supports SMT, reflow, AOI/X-ray, selective solder, hand solder, mechanical assembly, and NPI builds by ensuring processes are stable, repeatable, documented, and capable of delivering high yields with minimal rework.

This is a hands-on, floor-focused engineering role—Titan expects the SMT Engineer to be visible on the production line, solving issues in real time, tightening process controls, and owning yield performance and escape reduction within their area.

• Assist in programming SMT equipment by independently creating, modifying, testing, and maintaining pick-and-place, fiducial, feeder, offset, and related machine programs to support accurate and efficient PCB assembly.
• Prepare, validate, and release SMT programs in time to support customer schedules, ensuring programs are complete, accurate, and production-ready before line startup.
• Develop, plan, and test programs for circuit board assembly while verifying customer documentation, BOMs, drawings, polarity, package data, and setup requirements for completeness and accuracy.
• Maintain and improve SMT programming processes, machine documentation, setup standards, and revision control to support repeatable production execution and faster job changeovers.
• Operate and support automated equipment used to assemble electronic printed circuit boards, including troubleshooting programming-related issues that affect placement accuracy, feeder setup, or machine performance.
• Develop accurate stencil aperture recommendations and support proper stencil ordering to improve print quality, solder paste performance, and first-pass yield.
• Support first-run validation and line-side troubleshooting by working with operators, engineers, and quality personnel to correct program issues, optimize machine performance, and reduce downtime.
• Maintain program libraries, component databases, feeder data, and machine setup information to ensure consistency, traceability, and efficient reuse across repeat jobs.
• Identify programming-related defects or inefficiencies and support continuous improvement efforts that reduce setup errors, improve throughput, and strengthen overall SMT process performance.