About Unigen
Unigen is a global technology company providing innovative electronics manufacturing and product solutions to customers across diverse industries. With decades of industry experience and operations in key global markets, we combine engineering expertise, advanced manufacturing capabilities, and responsive customer service to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions—from product development through production and fulfillment.
Location and Work Arrangement
This position is based in Newark, California and is onsite.
Benefits
Unigen offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan; paid time off; paid holidays; and professional development opportunities. Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and applicable plan terms.
Job Title: Engineering Technician
Location: Newark, CA
Department: ME Technical Support
Job Overview: The Engineering Technician provides hands-on technical support to Process Engineers to ensure efficient manufacturing operations. This role supports production, process improvements, training, and troubleshooting, serving as a key link between engineering and the manufacturing floor.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist process engineers with developing and maintaining Standard Operator Procedures (SOP), BOM, and CRD for the manufacturing line process/Train all manufacturing technicians and operators on SOP
- Help process engineer training and maintain training matrixes for production line technicians and operators/Train and test the line technicians and operators routinely to ensure that their skill set qualifications are up to date
- Support Process Engineer for deploying solutions for quality improvement
- Support process engineer in the sustaining and process improvement for all
- First line of defense in resolving operational issues raised by production operators, escalates to engineering if required.
- First line of defense to bring up a down tool, escalates to maintenance/engineering if needed.
- Assists with non-standard Manufacturing walk-in requests.
- Provides dispositioning and sustaining engineering support in a manufacturing area.
- Performs Recipe creation and Loading for all Manufacturing processes.
- Writes operation/engineering procedures; trains and certifies production operators and junior technicians all processes within Mechanical and Laser Dicing.
- Ensure operators run SPC and execute OCAP (out of control action plan) if needed.
- Executes Design of Experiment (DOE) provided by Engineering and provides data summary; report to Engineering.
- Performs calibration, qualification on tools.
- Supports Engineering to do root cause analysis/8D on measurement/inspection escapes.
- Analyzes issues and uses judgment to make decisions.
- Escalates non-standard problems or issues.
Qualifications
- Associate’s degree or technical certification in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Two - Three years of experience in a manufacturing or engineering support environment (EMS preferred)
- Hands-on experience with production equipment, troubleshooting, and process support
- Familiarity with SPC, DOE, and root cause analysis methodologies
- Experience working with SOPs, BOMs, and manufacturing documentation
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume production environment