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Plating Process Engineer - Wilsonville, OR

General Information

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City

Portland, Salem, Wilsonville

State/Province

Oregon

Country

United States

Department

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Date

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Working time

Full-time

Ref#

20036088

Job Level

Individual Contributor

Job Type

Experienced

Job Field

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Seniority Level

Associate

Currency

USD - United States - US

Annual Base Salary Minimum

76,440

Annual Base Salary Maximum

152,880

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Description & Requirements

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About Xerox Holdings Corporation

For more than 100 years, Xerox has continually redefined the workplace experience. Harnessing our leadership position in office and production print technology, we’ve expanded into software and services to sustainably power the hybrid workplace of today and tomorrow. Today, Xerox is continuing its legacy of innovation to deliver client-centric and digitally-driven technology solutions and meet the needs of today’s global, distributed workforce. From the office to industrial environments, our differentiated business and technology offerings and financial services are essential workplace technology solutions that drive success for our clients. At Xerox, we make work, work. Learn more about us at www.xerox.com .

Are you an experienced Manufacturing Engineer with a strong desire to use your creativity and skills to support, improve and develop novel manufacturing methods?

Here in the Xerox Printhead Manufacturing group, we develop and build state-of-the-art industrial inkjet printheads for both internal and OEM customers. We are looking for an experienced engineer to join our diverse team of professionals.

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will be responsible for supporting existing plating operations and helping to develop processes for our next generation printheads. You will work alongside other members of the engineering and operations staff to ensure that products are built to meet the performance, productivity and cost targets in a timely manner.

As a Plating Process Engineer, you will…

Quality:

+ Use a continuous improvement mindset to optimize processes for maximum yield and increased productivity.

+ Use your problem-solving skills to resolve complicated printhead performance issues into actionable improvements to the manufacturing process.

+ Understand and use the tools of total quality, lean manufacturing, and design for manufacturability.

+ Support required ISO Protocols for both 9001 and 14001.

Technical:

+ Use your creativity and technical expertise to identify manufacturing methods that enable our next generation industrial printheads.

+ Acquire and apply knowledge necessary to meet product cost, yield, and performance targets.

+ Create and maintain effective process documentation.

Communication and Leadership:

+ Effectively communicate information to co-workers, customers, and leadership.

+ Serve as the technical expert for your process to the printhead organization.

+ Lead by example – demonstrating good decision-making skills, and a desire to learn.

Qualifications:

+ Bachelor's degree in engineering (Chemical Engineering preferred).

+ 5 years of manufacturing experience, preferably in a product development environment.

+ Process capability, Gage R&R, and applied problem solving.

+ Experience with plating processes and equipment.

+ Surface preparation and cleaning experience is a plus.

+ Accelerated reliability testing, DFM, and applied problem solving is also a plus

Skills:

+ Proven problem-solving skills that demonstrate ability to identify, quantify, and resolve technical issues.

+ Great hands-on mechanical skills

+ Ability to handle simultaneous tasks in an environment which can be stressful at times.

+ Ability to communicate clearly and effectively – strong verbal, written, and presentation skills are desirable.

+ Ability to work both independently as well as provide effective technical support to project teams.

+ Strong computer skills with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

**WORKING ENVIRONMENT:** Works in normal office conditions and in a plating operation, using acids and other chemistries.

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