Job Description

SMT Assembly Tech - The candidate will be assembling circuit boards and utilizing SMT and thru-hole soldering techniques. Candidates must have strong soldering background and electrical assembly experience.

Major Areas of Responsibility:

• Read work orders, follow production drawings, and routings.
• Perform soldering duties; pre-wave assembly, through-hole and surface mount.
• Prepare components using a variety of lead-forming tools.
• Connect or route component lead wires between individual component leads or other components, connectors, terminals, and contact points.
• Perform online visual inspection and produce products to acceptable production level.
• Ensures quality of product, conformance to designated process controls, and written procedures and maintains efficiency to comply with schedule requirements.
• Must be familiar with Surface-Mount and Through-hole Technology.
• Ability to identify component packages and values.
• Follow all work instructions and documents according to company standards.
• Testing and packaging of PCBA assemblies.
• Communicate any quality issues to the immediate supervisor/team lead.
• Solder rework and touch-up of PCBA assemblies.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment.
• Have a good mechanical understanding and ability to learn, use, maintain and repair assembly equipment.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must be able to work full time.
• Must be able to remove and replace defective components.
• Knowledge and experience with complex soldering.
• Basic computer and math knowledge.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to read and write English, follow verbal instructions.
• Must be able to Teamwork.
• Willing to train the right person.

Education and Experience:

• A High School diploma or GED required.
• Min 3-5 years of SMT inspection experience on component identification.
• Min 3-5 years experience in mechanical, pre-wave assembly, through-hole, surface mount, electronic component identification, and performing reworks on printed circuits boards.

Physical Demands: Occasionally lifting 30 lbs.

Work Environment: In production and Clean Room

Arbin Instruments has been providing testing equipment for energy storage applications large and small for over 30 years. Nestled in the lush Brazos Valley, Arbin’s headquarters and production facility is located in College Station, spanning approximately 65,000 square feet and housing our administrative, manufacturing, R&D, marketing, support, sales, and operations personnel. At Arbin, we understand the vital role energy storage plays in our everyday life and its importance to our future. This is why we work hard to provide the best service and testing equipment as a tool for both researchers and industry. Dr. John Zhang, Arbin’s owner, has more than 10 patents in his name that are utilized in our products and he remains our chief research and development scientist. Arbin is a leading global supplier of testing instruments for the energy storage market. We have offices around the world including Germany, China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and most recently India and Vietnam. Our customers include some of the largest electric vehicle manufacturers, consumer electronics manufacturers, universities and research labs, and battery manufacturers around the world. To find out more about Arbin visit our website at

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