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LAYIQ - SMT Line Lead at Etched, San Jose, CA

Line operations: Own day-to-day operation of a US-based SMT line assembling Etched's modules, for both NPI and mass production.
Team leadership: Hire, lead, and develop the line's operations team: incoming quality (IQC), material handlers, quality and test technicians, machine operators, and rework technicians.
Shift scheduling: Own shift schedules and coverage for full-time employees and contractors, including overtime, cross-training, and backfill. Manage contractor headcount with our staffing partners.
Training: Build training and certification programs (IPC-A-610, J-STD-001, ESD, MSD handling) and keep a skills matrix so every station has trained backups.
Build scheduling: Turn program priorities into a daily and weekly build schedule, coordinate changeovers, and resequence quickly when parts or priorities change.
Material flow: Own the flow from receiving to finished goods: incoming inspection, kitting, feeder setup and staging, line-side inventory, WIP, and finished-goods packing and storage.
Inventory and traceability: Work with our supply chain and procurement teams to ensure we can meet build targets. Collaborate with our inventory team to ensure material availability and quality.
Quality and yield: Run the inspection flow (IQC, SPI, AOI, AXI, test) and the rework operation, including ASIC rework. Partner with process engineering to debug yield issues and close out corrective actions.
Processes: Define how the line runs: work instructions, travelers, shift handoffs, nonconforming material disposition, and ESD, 5S, and safety programs.
Reporting: Report line status, schedule attainment, yield, scrap, and inventory health daily, and raise risks early.
Scaling: Collaborate with the engineering and capital projects teams to bring up future lines on world-class timelines as Etched scales to gigawatts worth of modules.
Help our agentic manufacturing team extract data from the production line and set up an auto-research loop to improve SMT throughput and yield.
Lead the way in integrating frontier AI technology into SMT operations.

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