Principal Process Engineer
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Job overview
The Principal Process Development Engineer develops new or expands existing assembly process platforms and transfers them to manufacturing. The role works across multiple engineering groups and calls for hands-on process development experience, mechanical engineering or materials science knowledge, and experience with automated equipment in high-volume manufacturing. Relevant equipment and processes include optical device alignment, pick and place, fiber attach, flip-chip assembly, thermocompression bonding, flex-circuit interconnect technologies, and Design of Experiments.
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T he Principal Process D e vel o p m e n t E n g i n eer is r esponsible for d eveloping n ew a n d/or e xpanding cu r r ent asse m bly p r ocess platf o rm s and t r ansfe r r ing th e m to m anuf a ctu r in g . He or she m u st be a m ultitasking team p layer a n d able to inte r f a ce with m u ltiple engin e e r ing g r ou p s. T h e pe r son sh o uld have h ands on expe r ience with p r ocess develop m ent a n d be well ve r sed in m echanic a l enginee r ing or m a t e r ials science as well as with a u to m at e d equip m ent in a high volu m e m anu f actu r ing envi r o n m en t . He or she sh o uld be a dept in a uto m a ted eq u i p m ent, such as b u t not li m i t ed to, optical device alignm e nt, pick and place, fiber attach, flip chip asse m bly, th e rm o co m p r ession b o nding, fl e x ci r cuit int e r conn e ct techn o l o gies such as u flex, o r pick a n d place m achines with adhesive d i s p ensing ca p ability; Design of E xp e r i m e n ts ( DO E ) , F ailu
How this job compares
Set against the 653 open Process Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$108–150K/yr272 salary ranges
- US median$23–30/hr93 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 32 open Process Engineering jobs in Pennsylvania and 653 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- ATI4 open
- GE Vernova2 open
- Nokia of America Corporation (this employer)2 open
- Experience
- Process Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (390 postings).
- Education
- 312 of the 653 open Process Engineering jobs (48%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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