Component Engineer

Viking Enterprise Solutions has a rich history of leadership in providing storage and storage server platforms to hyperscale and enterprise data centers worldwide. The division leads the market with ultra-high capacity and high-end flash systems. Viking Enterprise Solutions provides advanced data center products including solid-state memory and disk-based storage server appliances, JBOD storage systems and related products for a variety of data center and storage applications. Viking Enterprise Solutions products are tailored for integration into OEM, System Integrator and data center products.

Viking Enterprise Solutions is proud to be part of the Sanmina family. Sanmina is recognized as a technology leader, providing end-to-end design, manufacturing and logistics solutions, maintaining a global footprint of design and manufacturing operations in 23 countries on six continents.

Job Purpose:

• Assist design teams in capturing new components into the Agile and CAD component databases.
• Participates in design team BOM reviews to reduce component variations, build AVLs and to minimize material costs
• Implements and maintains RoHS database for products.
• Support Product Sustaining activities for EOL components, including finding appropriate alternate or replacement components
• Determines reliability requirements of components and systems to achieve company objectives.
• Implements and maintains MTBF database, including BOM-level MTBF analysis
• Propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability.
  
  

Nature of Duties: Nature of Duties/Responsibilities:

• Basic electronics, understand electronic components and their use
• Read and understand schematics, use CAD software for component footprint and evaluate use (stress)
• Experience in structuring and managing BOMs, including use and management in engineering database systems
• Experience selecting and comparing parts based on supplier datasheet information
• Strong problem solving skills

Education and Experience:

• 5+ years experience in electronics product development
• Bachelor of Science (or higher) in electronics or related field
• Focus on electrical component selection
• Obsolescence Management
• Component Life Cycle Management
• Component testing & qualification
• Supplier and component selection
• System cost reduction activities
• Support component quality activities as needed
• Component change qualification
• Alternate Sourcing, FFF Analysis
• Engineering Change Orders
• Supplier onboarding & Qualification
• BOM Analysis & Segregation
• ROHS, REACH, FMD
• Value Engineering

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Salary Range (annual): $90,000 - $105,000

In addition, Sanmina Provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.