Project Overview
Turnkey PCBA manufacturing for a Tier-2 automotive supplier serving vehicle OEMs in Europe and Asia. The build is an automotive electronic module for body-control and sensor-interface duties, produced from prototype through pilot into series production inside Kilandu's IATF 16949-certified management system.
Customer Requirement
- Automotive-grade component sourcing with no unapproved substitution
- Mixed SMT and through-hole assembly
- AOI and X-ray inspection on automotive builds
- ICT and FCT
- Lot and serial-level traceability
- Documented change control ahead of any material or process change
Engineering Challenges
Automotive-grade components carried long lead times and strict traceability requirements, which made supply planning the programme's critical path. Beyond availability, the customer needed evidence that process control would hold across the prototype-to-volume transition, where automotive programmes are unforgiving of variation. Any change to material or process had to be agreed and documented before it was made, not corrected afterwards, and a shipped batch had to be reconstructable to its material and process data for the life of the programme.
Manufacturing Solution
Kilandu reviewed PCB layout, BOM and assembly files in a pre-production DFM stage. Automotive-grade components were sourced through authorised and franchised channels under a build-to-print model with no silent substitution, and long-lead items were flagged at quotation. Assembly ran on our SMT lines with in-line SPI and AOI, with X-ray inspection applied on selected automotive builds to cover BGA and hidden joints; through-hole parts were handled on DIP lines. Electrical testing combined ICT with a customer-approved FCT.
The entire process ran under Kilandu's IATF 16949:2016 management system — certificate IATF No. 0596984, IATF USI L3A259, ZA-FCAV No. 2600270/R0S — supported by ISO 9001:2015 (CN27125Q0392R0S), with workmanship to IPC-A-610 Class 2 or Class 3 as agreed per project, and lot and serial-level traceability issued with every shipment. A certificate of conformity naming the material lots used can be supplied on request.
Build and Capability Data
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Assembly | Mixed SMT + DIP |
| In-process inspection | SPI + AOI + X-ray (on automotive builds) |
| Electrical test | ICT + FCT |
| Traceability | Lot and serial-level records, tied to material and process data |
| Quality system | IATF 16949:2016 — IATF No. 0596984 · ISO 9001:2015 — CN27125Q0392R0S |
| Workmanship | IPC-A-610 Class 2 / Class 3, class agreed per project |
| Change control | Material and process changes agreed and documented before implementation |
| Lead time | Prototype 5–8 working days · volume production 2–5 weeks · repeat order 2–3 weeks |
| Layer count, board size, BOM count, production volume | Available under NDA on request |
Result
The first article was inspected, retained as a golden sample and approved in writing before the volume run was released. The module then went into series production under IATF 16949 control with lot-level traceability from material lot through placement, soldering, inspection and final test. Repeat orders ran to the same approved BOM, process parameters and test limits, and any change was documented before implementation rather than resolved on the line.
What This Demonstrates
Automotive PCBA · IATF 16949 (certificate 0596984) · lot and serial traceability · AOI + X-ray · ICT + FCT.
Which IATF 16949 certificate covers this automotive work?
IATF No. 0596984, with IATF USI L3A259 and ZA-FCAV No. 2600270/R0S, issued by Beijing Zhong An Zhi Huan Certification Center and valid to 8 February 2029. The number and the issuing body are published on the quality assurance page so a customer or auditor can verify it independently.
What traceability does an automotive build carry?
Lot and serial-level records tied to material and process data: every component lot released to production is recorded against the work order, process parameters are captured per build, and inspection and test results are stored against the work order rather than summarised, so one board can be checked instead of a batch average.
How are changes handled on an automotive programme?
A change to material or process is agreed and documented before it is made, not resolved afterwards on the line. The first article is inspected, retained as a golden sample and approved in writing before the volume run is released.