Available Positions
Manufacturing Engineer (Electrical)
Description
- This is a Morning Shift/On Site position. Monday through Friday, 7 AM—3:30 PM.
- 85K -100K Annually
- Reports to Engineering Manager.
Education
- Minimum: EE or BA/BS Engineering or equivalent technical discipline with at least 5 years’ experience in a cable manufacturing and/or cable assembly environment.
Experience
- Experience with the design and manufacture of cable products and an intimate understanding of the use
of cable manufacturing equipment such as extruders (thermoplastic and thermoset), cablers, braiders,
and tapers. - Experience with design of cable assemblies and operations to support production; cable cutting, cable preparation
(stripping, tinning, etc.), connectors, shielding, terminations (crimping, soldering, splicing, etc) and injection molding of
thermoplastics and silicone rubber. - Experience with DFM, pFMEA, APQP process flow and electrical failure analysis.
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to work well with multiple project teams from various groups simultaneously.
- Knowledge of wire and cable components/construction (conductors, plating, stranding, insulation, lay
lengths, shielding, jackets, etc.) - Knowledge of cable electrical characterization: capacitance, inductance, resistance,
attenuation, characteristic impedance, skew, etc. - Knowledge of cable test procedures and equipment to test for attenuation, impedance, capacitance,
inductance, skew, Hipot, ground bond, tensile elongation, oven aging, cold bend, etc. Experience with
high voltage cable is a definite plus. - Knowledge of cable test equipment such as spark tester, TDR, LCR, milliohm meter, network
analyzer, diameter measure equipment. - Understanding how to process thermoplastics and thermoset materials in extrusion, injection molding,
and bonding. - Knowledge and experience with industry standards such as UL, CSA, Mil-std’s, ASTM, IPC-610, 620.
- Assemblies: Ability to support custom overmold design, strain relief designs.
- Familiar with assembly test equipment such as Cirris, multi-meter, Hipot.
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques
- Possess the ability to solve manufacturing problems.
- Capable of reading and interpreting customer drawings or specifications and communicating
those requirements to others. - Skilled in the use of SolidWorks and AutoCAD.
- Fluent knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Familiar with Total Quality Management such as ISO 13485
Duties & Responsibilities
- Design and creation of new designs for cable and assemblies and/or manufacturing capabilities.
- Support manufacturing operations, including operators, supervisors, production control, and
other manufacturing personnel. - Develop electrical test fixture for cable assembly.
- Support sales staff by offering new capabilities with either innovative products and/or
throughput improvement. - Support purchasing with purchased part descriptions and specifications.
- Support quality control by providing inspection information and plans necessary to verify that product
meets customer requirements. Interpret Military Specs, NEC Code, UL, & CSA requirements - Recommend designs based on customer needs.
- Work with document control to ensure all updates are performed on manufacturing documentation
including bills of material, routings, work instructions, product drawings and process sheets. - Recommend new process designs based on customer needs.
- Create new process design and/or manufacturing capabilities.
- Train personnel from manufacturing on new processes and update instructions.
- Data collection and analytical tool.
- Troubleshooting test equipment and define current issue/root cause.
- Work directly with our customers’ Engineers, as assigned in the development of new
products and processes. - Some travel required to customer sites.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
BAYCABLE is an equal opportunity employer committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action for all applicants and employees. Equal opportunity and consideration are afforded to all qualified applicants and employees in personnel actions, which include: recruiting and hiring, selection for training, promotion, rates of pay or other compensation, transfer, discipline, demotion, layoff or termination. BAYCABLE does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, family medical history or genetic information, citizenship, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, military status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. BAYCABLE also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled employees consistent with applicable law. Further, it is the policy of BAYCABLE to maintain a working environment free of all forms of harassment.
About this Company
BAYCABLE is a manufacturer of custom cable and custom cable assemblies for the Medical Device, Industrial Equipment, and other markets where a standard cable or cable assembly will not meet the requirements of the application. We have been in business for 50 years and are located in Fremont, California. We are also responsible for our wholly owned subsidiary, NEI Systems Mexico in Sonora, Mexico and work closely with the local Management and Quality Manager to ensure both manufacturing sites are working to satisfy customer requirements.
BAYCABLE is a wholly owned subsidiary of New England Wire Technologies, Inc.
