# SMT Machine Operator

The SMT Machine Operator collaborates directly with Team Coordinator and department supervisor to ensure printed circuit boards are assembled to specification in a timely manner. This position is key to company quality standards. Vanguard EMS, Inc. is in the service business. Even with Vanguard’s state of the art technology, vast manufacturing capability, and leading-edge information tools, we wake up every day thinking about how best to serve our customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we live. Requirements What you’ll do: Perform machine set-up, clean-up, and surface mount machine operation according to standard operating procedures Maintain quality documentation for set-up, machine operation, inspection results, and daily operations Perform material activities required to maintain accurate control of all material staged in machine area Perform minor maintenance as required to operate machines in an efficient manner Support continuous improvement by looking for opportunities for improvement and working projects Maintain a clean and highly organized area and perform other duties as assigned. What you’ll need: High-level critical thinking, attention to detail, analysis,

- **Id**: 3770022
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/vanguard-ems-smt-machine-operator>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Beaverton, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T21:19:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T15:42:14Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2007
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Electronics Manufacturing, Contract Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 686207
- **Name**: Vanguard EMS
- **Domain**: vanguard-ems.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/vanguard-ems>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T21:19:53Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 68
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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