Engineering Technician

Littelfuse; Chippenham; On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you as a Engineering Technician will be working within the PYG engineering team and directly supporting the process engineers.

About the job:

• Ensuring smooth flow of product through production
• Supporting yield improvement activities
• Supporting failure analysis and investigations of problem batches
• Carrying out testing on engineering batches
• Investigating opportunities for improvement throughout the processes
• Analyzing scrap and instigating improvements
• Adding results to databases
• Supporting lean manufacturing techniques, including 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen
• Supporting implementation and maintenance of process tooling
• Support autonomous maintenance for process equipment
• Update and implement process instructions

About you:

• HNC qualified or equivalent technical experience
• 1-2 years' experience working in a production environment
• Team player
• Good communication skills
• Computer literate, proficient with Microsoft packages
• Able to manage own time to complete tasks assigned
• Desire to learn and progress

Beneficial skills:

• Experience in electrical or semiconductor manufacturing
• Experience supporting Access Databases
• Understanding of ERP systems such as SAP
• Understanding of 6 sigma tools

Littelfuse strives to empower associate growth and development in a culture of ongoing collaboration and respect for diverse global perspectives and expertise. Our Core Values – Customer Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Results Driven – support us on our mission to improve the safety, reliability, efficiency, and performance of our customers’ products and systems.

We are an equal opportunity employer that takes pride in giving every associate the means and courage to make a difference – everywhere, every day.

We offer a competitive salary package and development opportunities like internal Lean Six Sigma Certification.