Manufacturing Associate - Selective Solder (Swing)

The Manufacturing Associate collaborates directly with the team coordinator and department manager to produce surface mount and through hold solder which meets or exceeds IPC standards. This position is key to company quality standards.

Vanguard EMS, Inc. is in the service business. Even with Vanguard’s state of the art technology, vast manufacturing capability, and leading-edge information tools, we wake up every day thinking about how best to serve our customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we live.

What you’ll do:

• Solder electronic components including resistors, capacitators, connectors, IC’s, switches, crystals, using no-clean and organic flux and both lead and lead-free solder at IPC Class II and Class lll levels.
• Develop, document, and maintain documentation for set-up and daily operations.
• Perform machine set-up, cleanup, and maintenance according to documented procedures.
• Touch-up (remove bridges, remove/replace SMT components as small as .0201 caps and resistors).
• Ensure that products meet all customer and regulatory requirements.
• Inspect and quality check own work and maintain a clean, organized area.
• Communicate quality issues to the appropriate team and manager as needed.
• Help wave solder/pre-wave when needed and participate in controlled process improvement projects.