Packaging Engineer jobs in Lowell, MA

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center, Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force, authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

Packaging Engineer

Job Purpose:

Support new product introductions from concept through production release.  This individual will provide design support to product and design engineers for optimum, cost-effective solutions.  This individual may be required to work under direct supervision on product development project and tasks of limited scope to deliver solutions on schedule for high volume, high mix manufacturing.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support development of solutions under direct supervision.
  
• Work with internal Product Design, QA, Reliability, Supply chain and external suppliers to develop, apply and qualify the appropriate technologies and assembly processes, with focus on cost, high volume manufacturability, yield and quality.
  
• Work with Design, Program Management and Material Planning under direct supervision to establish Engineering Build Requirements for new product introductions.
  
• Work with internal engineering resources to update design rules.
  
• Provide support to project engineers and technical leads to implement robust assembly processes internally and at contract manufacturers.
  
• Working with Quality organization under direct supervision, support the characterization of failure modes and analyze as a function of materials and processes.  Support troubleshooting and implement solutions.
  
• Design/Develop tooling of limited complexity for a range of assembly processes.
  
  

 Qualifications:

• MS or BS in Materials Science, EE or ME.
  
• Conceptual knowledge of product characterization, testing, quality and reliability, including compliance testing and certification [JEDEC, IPC, EIA, RoHS, WEEE, Mil-Standards].
  
• Interest in design/development/characterization activities from concept to implementation.
  
• Interest in working with high volume and mixed volume manufacturing operations.
  
• Conceptual knowledge of process troubleshooting, failure analysis and Six Sigma methodologies (Process mapping, C&E, PFMEA, DOE, SPC).
  
• Ability to work under direct supervision on tasks and projects of limited complexity.
  
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-task ownership mode.
  
• Good written and verbal communication skills. Able to present ideas, design concepts, data and plans with relative confidence to direct supervisor or team lead.
  
• Good teamwork skills in working together to achieve goals.
  
• Experience with AutoCAD and/or Solidworks is desired.
  
• Experience with solving steady state and dynamic thermal and mechanical problems, using finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software is a plus.
  
• Experience using Minitab is a plus.
  
• Fluent with Microsoft Office products.
  
• Domestic travel required.
  
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
  
• US citizen or permanent resident required.

EEO:

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce.  MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, marital status, or any other category protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:

MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities.  If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call 1-978-656-2500 or email HR_Ops@MACOM.com.  Provide your name, phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested, and nature of accommodation needed, and we will get back to you.  We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.