Process Engineer (Printed Electronics)

Fresh Consulting is a design-led, software development and hardware engineering company, offering end-to-end digital services to help companies innovate.  We bring together amazing UX designers, sophisticated developers, digital strategists, and top-notch engineers to help companies create fresh experiences that connect humans, systems, and machines.  We’ve been growing fast and need someone to help us continue to manage the delivery of high-quality work in a fast-paced environment. 

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Title: Process Engineer
Duration: 1 year with possible extension 
Location: Onsite Redmond, WA
Benefits: Employee benefits at 100% including Medical, PTO, Holiday Pay, 401K Plan and much more!
Hours: Minimum 40 Hours/Week 

Role:
– Utilize various manufacturing methods (i.e. laser patterning, screen printing, electrodeposition, pick-and-place, lamination bonding, etc.) to build-up complex flexible and stretchable electronics devices.
– Identify materials, including laminate films, base-resins, solder-pastes, encapsulants and inks, for printed and patterned soft electronics and manufacturing prototypes.
– Develop process for printing interconnects, traces and encapsulation.
– Run characterization manufactured test samples for mechanical and electrical properties.
– Collaborate with other researchers and engineers to prototype hardware solutions and run experiments to advance the project.
– Support EMG2 band built and related stretchable interconnect research.
– Prototype and test vehicle fabrication; mechanical interconnect between stretchable traces and FPC design; bonding jigs design & fab for bonding FPC to stretchable traces; soft micro-fludics channels.

Skills:
– Experience with electrical system testing and troubleshooting.
– 3+ years of experience in manufacturing prototypes, in the field of printed electronics.
– Experience collaborating and communicating effectively in team settings.
– Experience in material characterization skills like SEM, UV scattering, and other metrology tools Design.
– Experience with various manufacturing methods, such as screen printing, ink jetting slot die coating and molding.
– Experience with material compounding.
– Ability to use CAD software to develop models of test infrastructure, prototype parts, and assemble test.

Preferred Skills:
– Experience with liquid metal printing or other soft materials processing.
– Experience with electrical system testing and troubleshooting.
– Experience with lamination, microblfab, soft micro-fludics fabrication.

Education: BSME or Material Sciences.

FRESH–
– Work on engineering and research assignments with F500 companies and startups.   
– The relationships that we have created with our clients are one of a kind.    
– We help solve problems in many technologies focusing on R&D, product development, and manufacturing.    
– We work at the most cutting-edge and latest technologies from AR/VR to Autonomous technologies.    
– Closely working with our clients, we believe that long term investments are extremely important to maintain the culture we together have created.

We’re a handpicked team of Engineers, digital strategist, designers, and developers united together in creating a fresh experience. Whether we are strategizing, designing, developing, or analyzing, our integrated team works as an extension of yours to improve your impact, your usability, and your customer conversion. In the process, we collaborate with you to get to know your business, understand your industry, and incorporate your big ideas into memorable experiences that keep your customers coming back for more.

Equal employment opportunity: All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, familial status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability for which a reasonable accommodation can be made or any other status protected by law.  Assistance will be gladly provided upon request for any applicant with sensory or non-sensory disabilities.

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Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Range $40/hr – $55/hr.