R&D Engineer
Santa Rosa, CAContract / Full-time$55/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Avispa Technology seeks an R&D Engineer to develop, optimize, and support manufacturing processes across wet process and assembly operations. The role evaluates materials, equipment, and technologies; runs experiments and analyzes results; troubleshoots process issues; and supports equipment qualification and continuous improvement. The assignment is W2, 40 hours per week, for 24 months, with an onsite worksite in Santa Rosa, California.
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R&D Engineer 37780868 * Hourly pay: $55/hr * Worksite: Leading electronics testing company (Santa Rosa, CA 95403 - Onsite) * W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program, PSL * 40 hours/week, 24 Month Assignment A leading electronic testing company seeks an R&D Engineer to develop, optimize, and support manufacturing processes across wet process and assembly operations. R&D Engineer Responsibilities: * Provide engineering support across wet process and assembly operations, including assembly, heat treat, forming, electroplating, and chemical milling, while collaborating with design, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain. * Develop, characterize, and optimize manufacturing processes for new and existing products, and evaluate new materials, equipment, and technologies for process capability and fit. * Plan and run experiments, analyze data, and report results with recommendations, while troubleshooting process issues, performing root cause analysis, and implementing corrective and preventive actions. * Support equipment and tooling qualification, including installation, validation, and process capability studies, and create and maintain process documentation, including work instructions, SOPs, and process specifications. * Monitor process performance metrics, yield, and quality data, and drive continuous improvement and cost reduction projects. R&D Engineer Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Engineering. * Process engineering and manufacturing engineering experience. * Root cause analysis and statistical analysis skills. * Metrology and design experience. Shift: * Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with some flexibility. (H)
How this job compares
Set against the 3,302 open Process Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$55/hr
- US median$40–50/hr257 hourly ranges
This rate, $55/hr, is 24% above the US median midpoint ($44/hr) — in the middle half of Process Engineer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 424 open Process Engineer jobs in California and 3,302 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- Process Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (2,625 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,101 of the 3,302 open Process Engineer jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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