About This Role
This engineering technician role involves performing complex tests, checkouts, and development tasks for various products. It suits a highly skilled individual capable of analyzing results, implementing changes, and contributing to process improvements.
Responsibilities
- Perform complex engineering tests, checkouts, and development engineering tasks
- Analyze engineering test results and implement changes to resolve problems
- Collect data, analyze results, and implement procedures
- Review project instructions and blueprints to ascertain test specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problems, and possible solutions such as part redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangement of parts or subassemblies
- Devise, fabricate, and assemble new or modified mechanical components or assemblies for products such as industrial equipment and machinery, power equipment, server systems, machine tools, and measuring instruments
- Set up and conduct tests of complete units and components under operational conditions to investigate design or to obtain data for development, standardization, quality control, and problem resolution
- Analyze indicated and calculated test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives, and modify or adjust equipment to meet specifications
- Record test procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or test method
- Maintain software, documentation, and equipment to the latest revision or operational specifications
- Assist engineers in developing and designing hardware and software required to test customer products per their specifications
- Train technicians and operators on products, processes, and equipment
- Assist with the development and delivery of customer presentations and interface with customers
- Partner with engineers on outside third-party developments
- Organize documentation (specifications, schematics, and procedures)
- Perform tests per customer specifications and requirements
Requirements
- Associate's degree, military training, equivalent vocational training, or equivalent experience
- 8 years of related experience
- Advanced technical skills
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and customers
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
