Senior Automation Project Engineer jobs at Flex

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add alocated inAustin, TX.

Reporting to the Quality Manager, thewill be responsible for maintaining quality engineering programs, standards and improvements during product development.

What a typical day looks like:

• Control the products qualities during product development to meet customers specified standards.
• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.
• Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product or process quality and reliability.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
• Supports Design Engineers and Quality Manager with customer interfaces as necessary on quality related issues.
• Assures data availability and integrity for all quality related data. Consolidates and reports quality results.
• Initiates corrective action requests as needed and tracks to satisfactory completion.
• Designs and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and/or production equipment.
• Analyzes reports and returned products and recommends corrective action.
• Support product, process and equipment qualifications.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience and training.
• 6 years of experience working as a validation engineer.
• Medical Devices experience / ISO13485.
• Experience working in a 24/7 operation.
• Experience working within regulated environments and with Regulatory protocols.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Project Managerlocated inHenrico, VA.

Reporting to theProject Managerrole involves servingas a strategic partner to the Manufacturing Site General Manager, driving cross-functional alignment, cultural transformation, and operational excellence through leadership, project management, and change enablement.

What a typical day looks like:

• Partner with the General Manager and Business Excellence Manager to develop and implement site strategy, governance, and execution plans.

• Collaborate with the Business Excellence Manager to define, implement and govern site KPIs, and produce status reports, including project financials.

• Establish and maintain project governance structures, including steering committees, decision-making protocols, and escalation paths.

• Lead cross-functional teams through all phases of the project lifecycle.

• Manage budgets, timelines, and resources to ensure successful project delivery and performance.

• Coordinate with administrative teams to plan and execute site events, including customer visits and senior leadership engagements.

• Facilitate staff meetings and leadership workshops.

• Prepare executive-level presentations, reports, and updates for leadership reviews.

• Lead up, across, and throughout the organization to influence decision-making, align priorities, and drive cross-functional collaboration.

• Champion change management efforts to support strategic and operational improvements.

• Foster collaboration and teamwork across departments to achieve business objectives.

• Establish and maintain cadence for strategic reviews and performance tracking.

• Drive leadership team culture initiatives and development planning.

• Assess root causes of operational challenges and guide teams toward effective solutions.

• Advise and support lower-level project and product managers to ensure alignment with site goals and policies.

• Assist in the management and execution of global and regional programs.

• Interact frequently with senior and middle management across global and regional teams.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field required; MBA or advanced degree preferred in addition to 3 years of experience in materials, sales, marketing, engineering, manufacturing and/or program administration or related experience.

• Experience working in matrixed organizations and with senior leadership teams.

• Strong strategic thinking and organizational planning skills.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.

• Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.

• Ability to lead change and influence across all levels of the organization.

• Skilled in data analysis, KPI development, and performance reporting.

• High emotional intelligence and ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments.

• Demonstrates advanced functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Process Engineerlocated inSLC, UT.

Reporting to the Process Engineer Manager ; the potential Process Engineer would be responsible for process-engineering capabilities focused on cost, quality and delivery improvements in order to hold up a manufacturing organization.

What a typical day looks like:

• Recognize the manufacturing process, technologies, techniques and the product.
• Define, implement and evaluate proposed designs and processes for manufacturability.
• Have the capability to singly or with other engineering stakeholders identify root causes of failures in the manufacturing process.
• High level participation in daily production activities and effective problem solving on daily issues.
• Prepare justification, purchase and implement capital equipment for production.
• Hold up and oversee new process equipment production.
• Hold up the raising and introduction of engineering change orders (ECOs).
• Establish robust, repeatable and reproducible process parameters.
• Trouble shoot process related issues and help to develop, implement and take ownership of process control methodologies.
• Participate in activities pertaining to cycle time and process improvements.
• Evaluate and select various engineered materials.
• Implement statistical process research on new and existing products.
• Implement safety, productivity and give in improvements.
• Improve manufacturing techniques and through put.
• Provide continuous development of manufacturing techniques that will improve in-house capabilities and gives in.
• Develop and maintain process documentation and review processing methods.
• Interface with production of all activities associated with new process implementation and transfer.
• Assist in the development of training and provide training to production personnel during new technology transfer.
• Provide equipment maintenance, repair hold up as required and guide costimprovement/reductionprograms.

Education / Experience

Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent experience and training.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Use of the following tools may be required: Electronic Assembly: color code, component, and schematics. May require various PCB operations. Testing: oscilloscope, cable and harness testing, trouble shooting, component testing, logic analyzer. Inspection: bare board, systems, components, cable and harness, microscope, measuring tools. Mechanical & Electrical Tools: taps and dies, alignment tools, measuring tools.

Decision Making / Discretion

Limited decision-making opportunities or responsibilities; makes guided or scenario-based decisions requiring management approval.

Supervision / Leadership

Closely supervised, normally receives detailed instructions on all work.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, handle small components and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and depth perception.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

located in

Reporting to thetheQuality Engineerthis role will maintain quality engineering programs, standards and improvements within the organization.

Here is a glimpse of what you’ll do:

• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.
• Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost.
• Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product or process quality and reliability.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
• Kaizen, 5S, Value Stream Mapping
• First Article Inspection (FAI) and PPAP documentation
• Metrology tools (calipers, micrometers, CMMs)
• GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)
• Holds up Product Engineers and Quality Program Managers with customer interfaces as necessary on quality related issues.
• Assures data availability and integrity for all quality related data. Consolidates and reports quality results.
• Initiates corrective action requests as needed and tracks to satisfactory completion.
• Assists with development and implementation of quality audits.
• In charge of developing, applying, revising and maintaining quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
• Designs and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and/or production equipment.
• Explores reports and returned products and recommends corrective action.
• Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement and research of equipment and facilities.
• Approves product, process and equipment qualifications.
• Provides liaison to various regulatory bodies.

Here is some of what you’ll need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 4 years of experience as a Planner Scheduler or similar roles
• Engineering in the high technology electronics industry
• Experience Water Cool System preferred
• Experience with SMT Systems / ISO 9001
• Lean Six Sigma principles
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, charts, formulas)
• Production Planning/scheduling, and DOF (Direct Order Fulfillment)
• Previous experience in the Electronic Manufacturing or Shipping industry
• Advance Skills in Micro Soft Office Suite / Excel / PowerPoint /
• Learn new tools/software quickly and work/multi-task under pressure
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.

• Enterprise Resource Planning / Manufacturing Execution Systems / Advanced
• Planning and Scheduling Systems / programming / Value Stream mapping / Business Process mapping

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

located inAustin, TX

Reporting to the

What a typical day looks like:

• MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH Keysight 3070 In-Circuit Test applications.
• Directs and/or coordinates electronic engineering and/or technical personnel in fabrication and design of testing and test control apparatus and equipment, or software and systems testing.
• Directs and coordinates electronic engineering activities concerned with development, procurement, installation and calibration of instruments, equipment and control devices required to test, telemeter and record test data.
• Determines conditions under which tests are to be conducted and sequences and phases of test operations.
• Interfaces and confers with scientific, engineering and technical personnel to resolve testing problems such as product or system malfunctions, incomplete test data, data interpretation or coding issues.
• Analyzes and interprets test data and prepares technical reports for use by electronic or software engineering, and management personnel.
• Develops or uses computer software and hardware to conduct tests on electronic products and systems or software.
• Trains and instructs floor support, test technicians and test operators on test hardware and/or software, as well as proper problem-solving techniques.
• Resolves test yield problems by performing analysis of root causes, developing and coordinating corrective action measures and monitoring improvements

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• 5+ years of related experience
• ICT Keysight 3070 (or similar) support experience
• Must have experience with Boundary scan (IEEE 1149)
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineer , Computer Science, or related field
• Python, Perlscripting experience(preferred)

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

**Work Shift: 6:00pm-6:00am Wednesday, Thursday, Friday every other Saturday**

• Maintain continuous system operation by adjusting, repairing, replacing, or modifying automation/robotic system components
• Troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems and components and return to serviceability
• Ensure preventative maintenance of robotic and process support equipment are completed on a regularly scheduled basis.
• Understanding of PLCs
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical diagrams including complex automated system drawings.
• Collaborate with the automation team in the qualification process of automated systems.
• Assists engineers in developing and designing hardware and software required for all automation solutions per specifications.
• Through troubleshooting, identifies machine malfunctions and isolates the failure mechanism.
• Repairs the failure mechanism in the most cost-effective manner.
• Performs preventive maintenance at specified intervals and schedules.
• Performs calibrations and re-qualifications on equipment at specified intervals and schedules.
• Assists process technicians and engineers with the installation and removal of process equipment.
• Analyzes and implements corrective action reports and process tracking mechanisms.
• Disassembles instruments and equipment and inspects components for defects.
• Aligns, repairs, replaces, and balances component parts and circuitry.
• Assists engineers in formulating test, calibration, repair and evaluation plans and procedures to maintain precision accuracy of measuring, recording and indicating instruments and equipment.
• Highest level may perform both software and hardware maintenance.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Computer skills
• Experience with material handling, automation and/or robotics equipment
• Electronic Assembly: schematics, PCB loading, mechanical assembly
• Cables: crimping, harness assembly, connector/wire soldering, cable prepping
• Testing: oscilloscope, cable & harness testing, troubleshooting, component testing, logic analyzer
• Machine Operations: automatic component insertion equipment, surface mount insertion equipment, wave soldering
• Mechanical & Electrical Tools: power air guns, taps & dies, alignment tools, measuring tools

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Quality Engineerlocated in

What a typical day looks like:

• Develops and initiates standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluation.
• Devises sampling procedures and designs and develops forms and instructions for recording, evaluating and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Develops and implements methods and procedures for disposition of discrepant material and devises methods to assess cost.
• Directs workers engaged in measuring and testing product and tabulating data concerning materials, product or process quality and reliability.
• Compiles and writes training material and conducts training sessions on quality control activities.
• Responsible for managing Product Engineers and Quality Program Managers with customer interfaces as necessary on quality related issues.
• Assures data availability and integrity for all quality related data. Consolidates and reports quality results.
• Initiates corrective action requests as needed and tracks to satisfactory completion.
• Assists with development and implementation of quality audits.
• In charge of developing, applying, revising and maintaining quality standards for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
• Designs and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and/or production equipment.
• Explores reports and returned products and recommends corrective action.
• Establishes program to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing, measurement and research of equipment and facilities.
• Approves product, process and equipment qualifications.
• Provides liaison to various regulatory bodies.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in related field(Industrial Engineering) or equivalent experience. Typically requires 4 years of experience in manufacturing industry with quality engineer or related field.
• Knowledge of MS office Suite, Excel , data spreadsheets, working with excel formulas, pivot tables , data consolidations, presentation skills , Sampling plan knowledge.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Use of the following tools may be required:
• Electronic Assembly: color code, component, schematics. May require various PCB operations.
• Testing: oscilloscope, cable and harness testing, trouble shooting, component testing, logic analyzer.
• Inspection: bare board, systems, components, cable and harness, microscope, measuring tools.
• Preferred Knowledge of Quality management system , ISO 9001

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement