.Perform tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:Provides technical expertise on assigned materials for production or customer-identified material problems. Performs assessments/risk analysis and quality audits on potential suppliers. Generates product specifications and provides to supplier. Performs material qualification on prototype / sample material. Serves as the program/project interface to coordinate new product launches / introductions. Translates customer requirements into factory activities, provides factory activity time estimates for pricing model, documents associated factory support activities, and develops preliminary program timeline for customer quote. Defines process problems that lead to throughput or quality issues, evaluates cause of problem, implements solutions to stabilize processes, evaluates results. Participates in the selection of new manufacturing equipment. Evaluates software and hardware upgrades and new equipment. Sets equipment specifications and develops and runs qualification tests. Gathers, understands and converts customer data into usable manufacturing information. Verifies that specifications conform to customer, industry and company standards. Gathers, analyzes, sorts and distributes data to understand and solve quality issues. Creates and evaluates metrics to drive the quality improvement process. Develops test processes, test fixtures and specialized tools to automate test development. Develops assembly/test processes, associated fixtures, and specialized tools. Automates where ever possible. Develops and implements assembly/test strategy for new products including DFx analysis and feedback.**Knowledge/Skills/Competencies**:- Engineering Foundation Competencies- In-depth knowledge and understanding of the design process for systems and printed circuit boards, subassemblies, or other related company products.- In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment used for systems and printed circuit boards and subassemblies.- In-depth knowledge of industry and quality standards and SPC methodologies.- In-depth knowledge of materials and components used in the construction of systems and printed circuit boards and subassemblies.- In-depth knowledge of material science, robotics, machine programming.- In-depth knowledge of product pricing, contracts and contract negotiations.- Excellent customer contact, negotiation and problem resolution skills.- Good presentation, database management and computer skills.- Strong knowledge of statistical process control methods and techniques.- Knowledge and understanding of the design process for systems and printed circuit boards.- Ability to design tests, evaluate results and recommend solutions to improve the processes assoPerform tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:Provides technical expertise on assigned materials for production or customer-identified material problems