Engineering Technician

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

About the role

We’re looking to add an Engineering Technician located in Columbia, SC. Reporting to the Test Engineering Manager, the Engineering Technician supports engineering services activities such as hardware and software design and development (non-production) within the manufacturing operations at Flex.

Responsibilities

• Performs complex engineering tests, checkouts, and development engineering tasks.
• Analyzes engineering test results and implements changes to resolve problems.
• Collects data, analyzes results, and implements procedures.
• Reviews project instructions and blueprints to ascertain test specifications, procedures, objectives, test equipment, nature of technical problem, and possible solutions such as part redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangement of parts or subassemblies.
• Devises, fabricates, and assembles new or modified mechanical components or assemblies for products such as industrial equipment and machinery, power equipment, server systems, machine tools, and measuring instruments.
• Sets up and conducts tests of complete units and components under operational conditions to investigate design or to obtain data for development, standardization, quality control, and problem resolution.
• Analyzes indicated and calculated test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives, and modifies or adjusts equipment to meet specifications.
• Records test procedures and results, numerical and graphical data, and recommendations for changes in product or test method.

Requirements

• Typically requires 4 years of related experience.
• Has awareness of new technologies and techniques.
• Demonstrates detailed functional knowledge and may lead processes.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and customers.
• Highly skilled with the ability to move between projects.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of functional techniques and has input to process improvement.
• Applies new technologies and technological changes.
• 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.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.