Principal Engineering Service Engineer-Equipment
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Principal
- H-1B history
- 20 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
About this role
At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
JOB SUMMARY
The Principal Engineer is an expert in a particular field of engineering or within a particular sector. This role is experienced with leading design teams through full product development and into production. A Principal Engineer will be expected to demonstrate a level of expertise in a particular area that matches or exceeds the expertise of our customers. In addition, this role consults on system architectures, assesses technical requirements and competencies needed during quoting, and oversees design progressions during product developments. How will you make an impact? - Equipment Engineers and Technicians with the technical capability and autonomy to support, maintain, and solve complex equipment problems. Manufacturing equipment capable of consistently meeting required process, quality, capacity, and production performance. Equipment maintained at original factory specifications and validated operating conditions, without performance degradation. Equipment operates consistently during production with reduced failures, variation, and performance degradation. Sites with technical capability, resources, spare parts, documentation, and support required to restore equipment quickly and effectively after failures or degradation. What will you do? - Have the required Equipment Engineering technical knowledge and expertise available across sites. Have equipment capability that meets product and manufacturing requirements. Have the proper operating and physical conditions defined for each equipment. Have the critical equipment activities during production clearly defined. Have Equipment Recovery and Technical Support System available across sites. How will you get here? – Through structured technical training, hands-on coaching, equipment-specific qualification, troubleshooting on real failures, OEM knowledge transfer, technical documentation, and competency validation. Through equipment specifications, capability requirements, technical acceptance criteria, equipment qualification, process capability validation, capacity verification, performance testing, and technical approval before production use. Through equipment baselines, calibration standards, critical parameter limits, machine condition requirements, capability checks, wear limits, restoration criteria, and periodic verification against the validated baseline. Through standardized checklists, equipment monitoring, critical parameter verification, inspections, and validation of equipment conditions during production. Through troubleshooting standards, diagnostic tools, critical spare-parts strategy, technical documentation, escalation paths, OEM and supplier support, failure analysis, repair procedures, restoration standards, and MTTR reduction practices. Education: ( min. required) Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and 4+ years of relevant experience. Experience: ( min. required) Equipment Technology ExpertiseSolder Paste Printers, SPI, Pick & Place, Reflow Ovens, AOI, X-Ray, Wave Soldering, Selective Soldering, Press-Fit, Routing/Depaneling, Dispensing & Conformal Coating, Cleaning/Washing Systems, Takaya/Flying Probe, Conveyors, FIFO, and Material Handling equipment. 2. Equipment Technical FundamentalsMechanical systems, electrical systems, electronics, pneumatics, hydraulics, PLCs, sensors, actuators, servos,