Frequently asked questions

Milwaukee Electronics is a family-owned electronics contract manufacturer founded in 1954, providing PCB assembly, box build and systems integration, engineering services, and supply chain management, from first prototype through full production.

Medical devices, aerospace and defense, industrial and heavy equipment, IIoT, and smart home and automation products: industries with long product lives and high reliability expectations.

Manufacturing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (headquarters); Canby, Oregon; and Tecate, Mexico, plus an international purchasing office in Singapore and an engineering center in Satara, India.

We specialize in high-mix, low-to-mid volume production and support the full range from prototypes through full-scale production runs, including variable and hard-to-forecast demand.

Yes. We have a practiced transition process for moving builds, materials, and product knowledge from another manufacturer, or from in-house production, while keeping your line running.

Both. Our engineering services include electronic design and PCB layout, design for manufacturing (DFM), test development, design for field service, and sustaining engineering.

Yes, through Screaming Circuits, our rapid prototyping division, with a clear path from prototype into production at Milwaukee Electronics.

Yes. We support full turnkey, partial turnkey, and customer-supplied material arrangements.

Yes, including mixed-technology boards and complex SMT down to BGA and microBGA packages, with segregated RoHS-compliant and leaded production.

Complete products. Beyond PCB assembly we provide box build, full system integration, electromechanical assembly including custom motors and coil winding, and dedicated custom manufacturing cells.

Flying probe, in-circuit and electrical test, functional testing built around how your product operates, and new-product characterization.

Yes to both, with process controls suited to electronics that face vibration, moisture, and temperature extremes.

ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016 for medical device manufacturing, and AS9100 (Milwaukee facility, with Canby in process). We are also ITAR registered.

Yes. We manufacture under ISO 13485:2016 with lot-and-component traceability, certified operators, and support for low-volume, long-lifecycle medical products.

Lot and serial-level traceability down to the component. Every reel carries a standardized label tracked in both our ERP and machine software.

Yes. Our Tecate facility sits 45 minutes from San Diego, and we handle Mexico import/export logistics ourselves. You get nearshore economics without the border complexity.

Proactively. We monitor your BOM for end-of-life risk, qualify alternatives before availability becomes a crisis, and source directly through our Singapore purchasing office.

Finished-goods kanban for variable demand, point-of-use stocking, and MRP-driven data sharing that syncs our build schedule to your real demand.

Yes. Many customers start production near their development team and migrate to Tecate as their product matures, with the same quality system across facilities.