Senior Field Applications Engineer

TTM Technologies, Inc. – Publicly Traded US Company, NASDAQ (TTMI) – Top-5 Global Printed Circuit Board Manufacturer

About TTM

TTM Technologies, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of technology products, including mission systems, radio frequency (“RF”) components, RF microwave/microelectronic assemblies, and technologically advanced printed circuit boards (“PCB”s). TTM stands for time-to-market, representing how TTM's time-critical, one-stop design, engineering and manufacturing services enable customers to reduce the time required to develop new products and bring them to market.

Additional information can be found at www.ttm.com

*****Ideal candidate must reside in California*****

Scope:

The Senior Field Applications Engineer is responsible for technical support for customers PCB designers and manufacturing groups.  This position will interface with customers PCB designers early-on in the design cycle and provide feedback on routing and layout techniques, Signal Integrity performance, cost trade-off analysis of PCB layer stack-up, material selection process, and other electrical and mechanical requirements based on understanding of customer’s end product application.   

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Educate customer designers and technologist on Design for Manufacture (DFM), Design for Value (DFV).
  • Reduce customers’ design cycle time by facilitating/eliminating problem disposition between TTM’s pre-production engineering groups and the customer.                              
  • Improve the quality and completeness of design packages coming from the customer and help them by identifying design problems related to manufacturability and reliability test.                
• Update customer designers and manufacturing groups on TTM capabilities.  Set roadmap and technology direction through formal customer presentations.
• Thorough understanding of TTM manufacturing capabilities and technologies to support QTA/NPI/High Volume Manufacturing; North America and Asia Pacific solutions.
• Provide TTM manufacturing facilities with insight into future customer needs and technology requirements.  Identify and communicate roadmap and capability gaps.  Facilitate customer technical needs with engineering and operations. 
• Analyze customer designs for manufacturability, controlled impedance, and specification improvements.
• Establish technical contacts between customer and TTM to drive improved lines of technical communications and increased depth of relationships.
• Assist the pre-production teams thru the DFM/TQ process in getting “on hold” issues addressed at the customer site expeditiously.
• Assist the Sales Account Managers in increasing customer revenue through superior technical support and service.
• Travel for customer sight visits to support issues, and/or, key programs as required.
• Create and conduct technical capability presentations in conjunction with the sales team.
• Facilitate customer technical needs with engineering and operations.  This position will interface regularly with TTM’s Sales, Development, Pre-Production Engineering departments, and Operations, and it is essential that the employee be able to effectively balance the communication channels between these departments.
• This position will interface regularly with TTM’s Sales, Development, Pre-Production Engineering departments, and Operations, and it is essential that the employee be able to effectively balance the communication channels between these departments.

Essential Skills and Knowledge:

• Strong printed circuit engineering background and knowledge of entire PCB manufacturing process including; process flows, individual processing steps, and tooling.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to work well with customers design groups.
• Ability to make decisions influencing quality of PCB designs coming from strategic customers to enable high yielding product from TTM North America and Asia Pacific sites while transitioning from QTA/NPI to HVM.
• Self-motivated and willing to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to make routine decisions with general direction provided by department Manager.
• Effective public speaking and presentation skills.
• Disciplined in working remotely.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering or related discipline preferred.
• 6+ years of experience in engineering activities related to PCB manufacturing preferred.
• Minimum level experience of electrical design performance and signal integrity (Impedance, insertion loss).
• Intermediate level skills for drawing / blueprint interpretation skills, and use of PCB CAM software and tooling PCB stack-up tools,
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project.
• Travel for customer visits, TTM NA manufacturing sites and TTM Asia Pacific sites for potentially up to 15-25% travel.

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Compensation and Benefits:

TTM offers a variety of health and well-being benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending and health savings accounts, accident benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, paid vacation & holidays. Benefits are available on the 1st of the month following date of hire. For some positions, only PTO and holiday benefits are offered.

Compensation ranges for roles at TTM Technologies varies depending on a wide array of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; certifications; and other business and organizational needs.  The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.  At TTM Technologies, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on each individual set of circumstances.  A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

$109,841 - $193,168

Additional compensation: An annual or quarterly company bonus may apply based on position assignment. Positions hired for alternative shift may be eligible for a shift premium based on the assigned shift and location.

Export Statement:
Must comply with TTM Export Control Policies and Procedures and all applicable laws including ITAR, EAR and OFAC including but not limited to: a) being able to identify ITAR product on the manufacturing floor and understand that access to these products and related technical data is restricted to only US Citizens and US Permanent Residents; b) recognition of  Foreign Person visitors by badge differentiation; c) understand and follow authorization procedures for bringing foreign visitors into facilities (VAL); d) understand the Export and ITAR requirements for shipments leaving the US; e) manage vendor approvals for ITAR manufacturing and services.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.