Field Application Engineer – A&D

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut.

📋 Description

• Offer Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Value (DFV) assistance to customer engineering and design teams for both new projects and enhancements to existing designs.

• Shorten the design cycle time for customers.

• Work alongside customer designers to enhance the quality and thoroughness of design submissions.

• Detect design issues related to manufacturability and reliability testing.

• Support drawing evaluations prior to design approval and draft notes for design and manufacturing requirements.

• Update customer design and manufacturing teams on TTM capabilities and the technology roadmap via formal presentations.

• Provide insights to TTM manufacturing facilities regarding future customer demands and technological needs.

• Recognize gaps in TTM’s capacity to meet future customer requirements.

• Coordinate customer technical requirements with TTM engineering and operations teams.

• Assist TTM pre-production teams during the stack-up/DFM/TQ approval process.

• Promptly address on-hold issues on the customer’s side.

• Establish technical relationships between customers and TTM.

• Aid Sales Account Managers in boosting customer revenue through technical support and services.

• Travel to customer locations to assist with technical discussions, issues, and critical programs as necessary.

• Develop and deliver technical capability presentations in collaboration with the sales team.

• Regularly interact with TTM Sales, Development, Pre-Production Engineering, and Operations departments.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related field is preferred.

• 5-7+ years of experience in engineering tasks related to PCB manufacturing is preferred.

• Intermediate proficiency in using PCB CAM software.

• Skills in interpreting drawings and blueprints.

• Experience utilizing PCB stack-up tools.

• Familiarity with electrical design performance and signal integrity, including impedance, RF, and insertion loss.

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project.

• Extensive knowledge of IPC industry specifications and customer-developed specifications.

• Strong background in printed circuit engineering.

• Comprehensive understanding of the PCB manufacturing process, including process flows, individual processing steps, and pre-production tooling.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Effective public speaking and presentation abilities.

• Capability to establish customer connections and foster relationships.

• Ability to make routine decisions with general guidance.

• Self-driven and capable of working with minimal supervision.

• Willingness to travel to customer meetings and TTM North American locations up to 25% of the time.

• Must adhere to TTM Export Control Policies and Procedures as well as applicable ITAR, EAR, and OFAC regulations.

• Must identify ITAR products and understand that access to related products and technical data is restricted to US Citizens and US Permanent Residents.

• Must recognize foreign visitors and follow authorization procedures for their access to facilities.

• Must understand export requirements for shipments leaving the US and manage vendor approvals for ITAR manufacturing and services.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• 401K.

• Flexible Spending Account.

• Health Savings Account.

• Accident benefits.

• Life insurance.

• Disability benefits.

• Paid vacation.

• Paid holidays.

• Benefits available from the 1st of the month following the date of hire.