SMT Programmer

Job DetailsJob Location: PHOENIX, AZ 85021Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: NoneTravel Percentage: NoneJob Shift: DayJob Category: EngineeringPosition title: SMT Programmer – Yamaha Pick-and-Place

Position Summary

The SMT Programmer is responsible for creating, optimizing, and maintaining production programs for Yamaha SMT pick-and-place equipment supporting high-mix PCB assembly operations. This is a hands-on, floor-focused role responsible for ensuring programs are accurate, efficient, production-ready, and capable of supporting quality, throughput, and on-time delivery requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Create, modify, verify, and maintain Yamaha pick-and-place programs using customer BOMs, centroid/XY data, Gerber/CAD files, assembly drawings, and approved documentation.
Develop and maintain component libraries, package data, vision parameters, pickup/placement settings, fiducials, offsets, and feeder assignments.
Optimize machine programs, feeder layouts, placement sequences, and line balancing to improve cycle time, throughput, and equipment utilization.
Perform program validation and first-build support to ensure correct component, location, polarity, orientation, and placement accuracy before production release.
Troubleshoot SMT programming, feeder, nozzle, vision-recognition, placement, and machine-related issues affecting production or product quality.
Support NPI builds and engineering changes by creating or updating programs and ensuring revisions remain aligned with released manufacturing documentation.
Work closely with Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and SMT Production to resolve defects and continuously improve placement performance and first-pass yield.
Maintain disciplined program revision control, backups, documentation, and change records in accordance with company and applicable AS9100 quality-system requirements.
QualificationsQualifications

Previous hands-on experience programming Yamaha SMT pick-and-place equipment strongly preferred.
Candidates should have practical knowledge of SMT component packages, feeders, nozzles, vision systems, fiducials, polarity/orientation, BOMs, centroid data, Gerber/CAD data, and PCB assembly processes.
Experience in high-mix electronics or aerospace/defense manufacturing is preferred.