Location:
New Albany, Indiana
Job Summary:
The Product Engineer designs and develops solutions within New Product or Sustaining Product Engineering.
Responsibilities:
- Works directly with Marketing and Sales to review opportunities and develop engineering cost analyses based on Product Scopes
- Work directly with purchasing, quality, manufacturing engineering, test engineering, process engineering, electroplating, suppliers, and other necessary groups as a cross functional team to develop products/solutions
- Makes significant contributions to design, development, and validation of connector solutions (including but not limited to board, cable, power, high speed, and panel mount products)
- Works hands on to identify problems during new product development and/or when quality concerns arise
- Adhere to all corporate engineering standards including but not limited to documentation, file management, part modeling, part simulation
- Autonomously plans and schedules own daily tasks, develops solutions to problems utilizing formal education and judgment
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited university
- Must be a self-starter with strong leadership
- Excellent communication skills and demonstrated problem solving ability
- Excellent interpersonal skills in relating to both internal and external customers
- Proficient is MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Experience in electrical connector design, plastic injection molding, and progressive die stamping
- Experience in engineering design software (SolidWorks, AutoCAD etc)
- Experience in simulation software (FEA, CFD/thermal modeling, etc) is preferred, but not required
- Willing to travel (including out of the US) for up to 4 weeks per year
Location:
New Albany, Indiana
Job Summary:
Design, program and troubleshoot electrical and pneumatic controls systems for automated machines.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 4 year Electrical Engineering degree required.
- 5 years programming experience of automated machines and control systems.
- PLC programming experience
- Operator Interface programming experience
- Servo motor programming experience
- Pneumatic control experience
- AutoCAD or equivalent experience
Duties:
- Specify electrical and pneumatic control components
- Design electrical schematics
- Structured Text progamming of Trio Multi Axis Motion Controller
- Programming of Red Lion G306 Operator Interfaces.
- Ladder Logic Programming of Automation Direct PLC
- Develop and manage electrical projects, upgrades, etc…
Skills:
- Operational knowledge of control relays, pneumatic solenoids, PLC’s, servomotors, stepper motors, operator interfaces, etc.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Proficient in AutoCAD or equivalent.
- Knowledge of PLC programming and relay ladder logic.
- Ability to read and write in structured text programming language (i.e. C++, Basic etc.)
- Understanding of PID loop control systems.
Department:
Reports to:
Work Shift:
Location:
New Albany, Indiana
Job Description:
Samtec Inc. is looking for a highly skilled injection molding Technician. Over the last 6 years, Samtec has invested over $3M in a state-of-the-art molding facility. This person will have full responsibility for the technical operations of our 7 Nissei molding lines. A person in this specialized role will maintain daily production processes, work directly with molding operators, the molding manager, and the engineering manager on debug, tooling, and injection molding processes. The Molding Technician will directly impact company profits by improving quality, design, and utilization in our insert molding business unit.
OBJECTIVE:
- Set up and maintain production of injection molding machines, dies, machinery, tooling, and processes.
PERFORMANCE:
- Significant experience with injection molding processes and tooling.
- Must have experience molding with liquid crystal polymers (LCPs)
- Preventative maintenance/Repair on machines, injection molding screw assemblies, molds, and chiller.
- Collaborate with engineering to enhance and debug processes, tooling, and new products
- Positive attitude and open mind to continuous improvement
- Ability to identify and communicate ideas and concerns that will improve cost and quality
- Willing to work a Night shift 12 hour shift, 3 days per week (36 hours paid for 40) and flexible to work overtime if needed
MEASURES OF SUCCESS:
- Mold utilization
- Time-to-market
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Formal education or equivalent training in the following areas: Manufacturing Engineering and/or Plastic Process Engineering
- Scientific Molding Certification is a plus
- Cable over-molding experience a plus
Location:
New Albany, Indiana
Job Description:
At Samtec, Inc. we make connections! Samtec is the service leader in the electronic interconnect industry. With millions of units shipped worldwide, more industries including telecommunications, aerospace, medical, automotive, and military to name a few, trust in Samtec interconnects more than any other brand. As a pioneer in the interconnect industry, Samtec is well positioned for growth in the U.S. and global markets as we continue to innovate cutting edge interconnect solutions.
Samtec believes that having engaged and committed employees are the key to our success. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical plans, attractive 401K matching plan, vacation and holidays to help you achieve work/life balance, and an opportunity for you to plan your professional growth and advancement.
We are looking for a strong leader for our Quality team. The overall responsibility of the Quality Manager will be to development and implement quality management systems in a manner which fosters a culture of continuous improvement within the entire organization.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Implement robust quality systems in a highly complex electronics manufacturing environment.
- Drive continuous improvement within operations through real time process control and lean manufacturing techniques.
- Customer Quality: Identify root cause of quality issues and execution of product quality improvements through preventive or corrective actions.
- Field Quality: Interface with customers for quality-related tasks, audits and incidents and collect and summarize customer quality data to drive improvement.
- Manufacturing Quality: Provide support and act as the voice of the customer for internal manufacturing regarding change management, discrepant material and product qualifications.
- Supplier Quality: Interface with suppliers for Quality related tasks, audits and incidents. Drive supplier quality improvements and handle supplier audits, data collection and analysis and quality related items, including issues and changes.
- Ensure Quality engineering support for R&D, marketing, and operations for the development, modification, and qualification of new products and existing released products.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- BS in engineering or related discipline
- Operations/Manufacturing management a must
- Understanding of lean manufacturing concepts
- Experience in Quality management within a manufacturing environment
- Quality certification desirable (CQM, CQE, or related)
- Quality Program Requirements: TS 16949 , ISO 9001, ISO/TS Quality Manual
- Environmental Compliance
Location:
New Albany, Indiana
Job Description:
Samtec, Inc. is searching for an ambitious individual interested in exploring a senior-level career opportunity. This person will be responsible for the day-to-day management of a $30M Electro-Plating Business Unit. The person successful in this role will lead continuous improvement efforts and identify ways to improve quality, increase productivity, and reduce scrap and gold usage.
The Plating Production Manager can expect to manage 22 plating lines utilizing reel-to-reel, barrel, and selective-cell technology, 4 supervising managers, and nearly 100 plating operators that produce approximately 1 billion plated pins per month. This is a highly visible role requiring decisions that have a global production impact. Growth opportunities are imminent as we expand plating operations in our China and Costa Rica facilities.
OBJECTIVE:
- Over the course of the first 12 months, develop a systematic approach for creating continuity between 12 hour shifts.
PERFORMANCE TASKS:
- Utilize management experience to mentor, develop, and provide feedback for plating supervisors and operators
- Proactively plan capacity and lead continuous improvement efforts
- Coordinate engineers, purchasing, test lab, production, and maintenance to troubleshot issues and drive change
- Maintain compliance to all ISO, QS, safety and OSHA standards
- Participate in global plant expansion, conversion, and equipment planning
MEASURES OF SUCCESS:
- Reduced scrap and gold usage
- On time delivery percentages
- Customer satisfaction – both internally and externally
- Efficiency and production uptime
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Electronic industry experience a plus
- Knowledge of reel-to-reel electro-plating processes and materials
- Engineering or technical degree a plus
Location:
New Albany, Indiana
What You Need for This Position:
- This is a contract to hire position
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, and 3+ years of experience with developing and architecting web-based applications on the Microsoft platform using technologies and tools such as:
- ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC
- C#
- T-SQL/SQL Server
- WCF
- Experience with Sharepoint Admin/Development.
- Experience with design patterns such as IoC and DI.
- Experience with responsive web design.
- Experience with monitoring approaches for web applications.
- Familiarity with load balancing infrastructure; BIG-IP LTM experience is a plus.
- Familiarity with HTML 5, Web API, Knockout.js, and jQuery is a plus.
- Familiarity with cloud delivery strategies is a plus.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Work in a fast-paced, dynamic, global development team, managing web properties for a worldwide manufacturing company.
- Drive adoption of new technologies.
- Mentor and train associates to improve the overall skillset of the team.
- Facilitate adoption of agile development methodology.
- Define and implement reference architecture and prototypes for new initiatives.
- Integrate web applications with existing systems.
- Work closely with stakeholders, product owners and MIS associates to ensure projects are on target and meet goals.
- Directly develop software.
- Perform code reviews to help train associates and ensure architecture goals are met.
What's in It for You
- Competitive salary
- Great benefits and 401(k) package
- Casual, innovative, and fast-paced environment
- Training
- Travel opportunities if interested
Ready to Apply?
- If you are ready to change your stripes, submit your resume or inquire today.
Location:
New Albany, Indiana
Job Description:
Samtec Inc. is looking for a highly skilled Micro Insert AKA "Vertical" Molding Technician. Over the last 6 years, Samtec has invested over $3M in a state-of-the-art molding facility. This person will have full responsibility for the technical operations of our 4 reel-to-reel vertical molding lines. A person in this specialized role will work directly with 8 molding operators, the molding manager, and the engineering manager on design, debug, tooling, and vertical molding processes. The Vertical Molding Technician will directly impact company profits by improving quality, design, and utilization in our insert molding business unit.
OBJECTIVE:
- Design, debug, and new product development for vertical design molds, dies, machinery, tooling, and processes.
PERFORMANCE:
- Significant experience with continuous reel-to-reel process used for high volume precision molding. This process includes pre-stamping, vision systems, vertical molding and post-stamping.
- Must have experience molding with liquid crystal polymers (LCPs)
- Preventative maintenance on machines, mold, and dies
- Collaborate with engineering to enhance and debug processes, tooling, and new products
- Positive attitude and open mind to continuous improvement
- Ability to identify and communicate ideas and concerns that will improve cost and quality
- Willing to work a 12 hour shift, 3 days per week (36 hours paid for 40) and flexible to work overtime if needed
MEASURES OF SUCCESS:
- Mold utilization
- Time-to-market
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Formal education or equivalent training in the following areas: Manufacturing Engineering and/or Plastic Process Engineering
- Scientific Molding Certification
- Cable over-molding experience a plus
- Stamping experience critical
